Jumping fleas can accelerate 50 times faster than the space shuttle.
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Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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There's a lizard known as the 'Jesus Lizard' that can run across water.
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It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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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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Parrot parents "name" their children with a signature call.
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The oldest known animal in the world was 'Ming' the 405 year old clam, discovered in 2007.
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