The Pistol Shrimp can snap its claws together to create a sound of 218 decibels, louder than as supersonic jet at full speed. It only lasts for 1 millisecond. The snapping action also creates a bubble that is greater than 5000 Kelvin, close to the surface temperature of the sun.
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Sloths take two weeks to digest their food.
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Penguins have a gland above their eye that turns saltwater into freshwater.
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Giant Anteaters' front legs look like a panda.
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A cow produces around 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.
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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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