It has been calculated that a single breath from a mature blue whale can inflate up to 2,000 balloons.
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It has been scientifically proven that stroking a cat can lower one's blood pressure!
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There's a lizard known as the 'Jesus Lizard' that can run across water.
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In 1918, a homing pigeon saved over 190 American soldiers by delivering a message to nearby support despite having been shot through the breast, blinded in one eye, covered in blood, and with a leg hanging on by just a tendon.
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A scorpion can hold its breath for up to 6 days.
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Some older/less efficient worker termites will develop 'backpacks' of toxic chemicals that explode when the termite is threatened. They are essentially used as suicide bombers when the colony is being attacked.
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The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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