Random Animal Facts

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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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    Haicheng Earthquake
    Haicheng Earthquake
    In 1975, officials in the Chinese city of Haicheng were so alarmed by odd and anxious behavior of dogs and other animals, they ordered the evacuation of 90,000 residents from the city. Only a few hours later, a 7.3 magnitude earthquake destroyed nearly 90 percent of the city’s buildings.
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    Sloths take two weeks to digest their food.
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    Mosquitoes prefer certain blood types, and people with the “O” blood type are more likely to get bitten.
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    Drivers kill more deer than hunters do.
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    During World War 1, starving wolves amassed in such great numbers that Germans and Russians had a temporary cease fire to fight off the wolf attacks.
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    A lion in the wild usually makes no more than twenty kills a year.
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    Rattlesnake mating sessions have been known to last more than 22 hours.
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