Random Animal Facts

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    Octopuses enter a dementia-like state after breeding, forget what happened
    After octopuses breed, they develop dementia. They then live the rest of their lives in this confused, seemingly lost state, with apparently no knowledge of previous events.
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    Nervous dogs wag their tails to the left, and happy dogs to the right (from the dog’s point of view) – and fellow canines pick up on this lop-sided tail language.
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    Cows can sleep standing up, but they can only dream lying down.
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    Jellyfish as a species are actually older than dinosaurs and sharks.
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    Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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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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    Pudu Deer
    Pudu Deer
    The Pudu deer is the world’s smallest deer. They live in bamboo thickets to hide from predators, and can weigh up to 12 kilograms.
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    The octopus does not have a blind spot.
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