Sloths take two weeks to digest their food.
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Ants have tiny magnetic compasses in their antennae which help them navigate.
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There is a sea snail that wears a suit of iron plated armor. It is the only known animal to use iron sulphide as skeletal material.
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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 scorpion can hold its breath for up to 6 days.
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15% of snails survive digestion by birds and are found alive in their droppings, potentially leading to the spread of snail populations.
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