A giraffe's kick is so powerful that it can decapitate a lion.
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Tigers can see 6 times better at night than humans.
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Mosquitoes don't just bite you, they also pee on you.
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Some older/less efficient worker termites will develop 'backpacks' of toxic chemicals that explode when the termite is threatened. They are essentially used as suicide bombers when the colony is being attacked.
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In 1949, an official boxing match between a bear and a man was held. The bear won.
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Shark corneas are used in eye transplants and shark bone marrow can be used to graft human bones.
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An alligator can go through 2,000 to 3,000 teeth in a lifetime.
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In 2011, a male tiger in India adopted a litter of orphaned cubs, taking on the role of ‘mother’. Wildlife officials say such behavior had never been observed before.
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