Random Animal Facts

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    Sloths take two weeks to digest their food.
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    Prairie Dogs
    Prairie Dogs
    Prairie dogs affectionately greet each other with a 'kiss'.
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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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    Carbonemys
    Carbonemys
    About 60 million years ago, there was a species of turtle that was so large and had such powerful jaws that it could have devoured a crocodile.
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    Rats Laugh
    Rats Laugh
    Rats "laugh" when they are tickled.
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    A domestic cat can sprint at about 31 miles per hour.
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    Domestic pigs average a top speed of about 11 miles per hour.
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    The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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