Animals and Creatures
Bizarre Fact #1:
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A barnacle has the largest penis of any other animal in relation to its size.
Bizarre Fact #2:
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A female ferret can die if she goes into heat and cannot find a mate.
Bizarre Fact #3:
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Adult earwigs can float in water for up to 24 hours.
Bizarre Fact #4:
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Centipedes always have an uneven pairs of walking legs.
Bizarre Fact #5:
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Earthworms have 5 hearts.
Bizarre Fact #6:
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A baby octopus is about the size of a flea when it is born.
Bizarre Fact #7:
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A catfish has about 100,000 taste buds.
Bizarre Fact #8:
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A chameleon's tongue is as long as its body and head and can shoot out as fast as sixteen feet per second.
Bizarre Fact #9:
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A crocodile can open and close its jaw but cannot move it side to side.
Bizarre Fact #10:
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A crocodile can run up to a speed of 11 miles per hour.
Bizarre Fact #11:
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A hedgehog's heart beats 190 times a minute on average and drops to only 20 beats per minute during hibernation.
Bizarre Fact #12:
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A leech can gorge itself up to a maximum of five times its body weight.
Bizarre Fact #13:
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A leech has 32 brains.
Bizarre Fact #14:
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A mole can dig a tunnel three hundred feet long in a single night.
Bizarre Fact #15:
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A rhinoceros' horn is made of compacted hair and keratin.
Bizarre Fact #16:
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A sheep, a duck and a rooster were the first passengers in a hot air balloon.
Bizarre Fact #17:
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A sheep, a duck, and a rooster were the first passengers in a hot air balloon.
Bizarre Fact #18:
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A slug has four noses.
Bizarre Fact #19:
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A species of earthworm, "Megascolides australis," in Australia can grow up to fifteen feet in length.
Bizarre Fact #20:
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A squirrel cannot carry the rabies virus.
Bizarre Fact #21:
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A turtle can breathe through its butt.
Bizarre Fact #22:
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A white tiger can only be born when both parents carry the gene for white colouring.
Bizarre Fact #23:
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According to scientific studies, a rat's performance in a maze can be improved by playing music written by Mozart.
Bizarre Fact #24:
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An adult porcupine has approximately 30,000 quills on its body, which are replaced every year.
Bizarre Fact #25:
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An adult sheep can eat between 1 to 4 kg of food per day.
Bizarre Fact #26:
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An alligator can go through 3,000 teeth in its lifetime.
Bizarre Fact #27:
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An alligator has about 80 teeth in its mouth at one time. An alligator can go through 3,000 teeth in a lifetime.
Bizarre Fact #28:
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An ant can detect a movement through 5 centimeters of earth.
Bizarre Fact #29:
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An individual coral animal is called a polyp.
Bizarre Fact #30:
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An octopus has three hearts.
