The octopus does not have a blind spot.
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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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It has been calculated that a single breath from a mature blue whale can inflate up to 2,000 balloons.
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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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An average cat has 1-8 kittens per litter and can have 2-3 litters per year. During her productive life, one female cat could have more than 100 kittens. A single pair of cats and their kittens can produce as many as 420,000 kittens in just 7 years.
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Vampire bats adopt orphans, and are one of the few mammals known to risk their own lives to share food with less fortunate roost-mates.
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