Random Animal Facts

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    A domestic cat can sprint at about 31 miles per hour.
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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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    In 1918, a homing pigeon saved over 190 American soldiers by delivering a message to nearby support despite having been shot through the breast, blinded in one eye, covered in blood, and with a leg hanging on by just a tendon.
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    A dog's naked behind leaves absolutely no bacteria when pressed against carpet.
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    It has been estimated that a bite from a grizzly bear can crush a bowling ball.
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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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    Mosquitoes prefer certain blood types, and people with the “O” blood type are more likely to get bitten.
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    Parrot parents "name" their children with a signature call.
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