Random Animal Facts

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    Hippo Blood Sweat
    Hippo Blood Sweat
    Hippos secrete a red-pink fluid, dubbed "blood sweat", which acts as a skin moisturizer, water repellent, sunscreen, and antibiotic.
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    Squirrels will sometimes adopt orphaned baby squirrels that they’re related to.
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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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    The oldest known animal in the world was 'Ming' the 405 year old clam, discovered in 2007.
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    Scientists Trained Fish to Walk on Land
    Scientists trained a group of fish to walk on land and, over a period of 8 months, their body shape adapted to the terrestrial lifestyle.
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    Shark corneas are used in eye transplants and shark bone marrow can be used to graft human bones.
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    Tigers can see 6 times better at night than humans.
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    Dogs have been man's pet for over 14,000 years.
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