Mosquitoes prefer certain blood types, and people with the “O” blood type are more likely to get bitten.
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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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Parrot parents "name" their children with a signature call.
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A domestic cat can sprint at about 31 miles per hour.
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Unsinkable Sam (nickname of a German ship's cat) who served on 3 warships, one German, two British, all sank in action. The cat survived each sinking, floating away on wooden planks to rescue.
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The Hercules beetle, despite weighing only 100 grams, can lift 8 kilograms, making it one of the proportionally strongest animals in the world.
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The cat brain weighs about 30g.
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Two dogs were among the Titanic survivors.
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