Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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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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Alligator snapping turtles can live for over 150 years. Scientists know this because some of the turtles had musket balls in their stomachs.
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Christmas Island has bridges for crabs to stop them getting run over during the mass migration.
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Mosquitoes prefer certain blood types, and people with the “O” blood type are more likely to get bitten.
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Sloths take two weeks to digest their food.
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The world’s largest frog, the Goliath frog, can grow over 13 inches in length and can jump up to 10 feet in a single bound.
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