Random Animal Facts

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    A newborn Chinese water deer is so small, it can (almost) be held in the palm of a hand.
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    Cats and sleep
    Cats and sleep
    On average, cats sleep for 2/3 of their life. This would mean that a 9 year old cat has been asleep for 6 years.
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    The Real Caterpie
    The Real Caterpie
    There's a caterpillar that looks like Caterpie from Pokémon.
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    A cat can jump FIVE TIMES as high as it is tall!
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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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    On some poorly researched trivia lists it is stated as a fact that a pregnant goldfish is called a twit. This is not true as goldfish lay eggs.
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    Jumping fleas can accelerate 50 times faster than the space shuttle.
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    Rescued Penguin Returns Every Year
    Rescued Penguin Returns Every Year
    In 2011, a penguin covered in oil and starving on a beach near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was rescued by a pensioner. Ever since then, Dindim the penguin travels 5,000 miles every year to visit him.
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