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• Hard rock music makes termites chew through wood twice their usual speed 
• Fish can be susceptible to seasickness. 
• The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases
• Over 1000 birds die a year from smashing into windows
• When horses lift their heads up high to look at something, they're looking far into the distance. To see things that are closer, they lower their heads
• Studies show that if a cat falls off the seventh floor of a building it has about thirty percent less chance of surviving than a cat falling of the twentieth floor. It supposedly takes about eight floors for the cat to realize what is occurring, relax and correct itself.
• Spiders (and many other insects) have transparent blood
• Elephants have been known to remain standing after they die
• The fingerprints of koala bears are virtually indistinguishable from those of humans, so much so that they could be confused at a crime scene.
• Snails can sleep for 3 years without eating
• If monkeys eat too many un-ripe bananas their tongue and eyes will turn green
• A single pond in Brazil can sustain a greater variety of fish than are found in all of Europe's rivers
• The snapping turtle eats carrion and is used by police to find dead bodies.
• The world's smallest dog -- the Teacup Chihuahua -- weighs less than a pound when fully grown
• A large majority of white cats with blue eyes are deaf. White cats with only one blue eye are deaf only in the ear closest to the blue eye. White cats with orange eyes do not have this disability.
• One of the most beautiful birds in the world is the white blackbird 
• The starfish is one of the only animals who can turn its stomach inside-out.
• Camel's milk does not curdle
• Even though cockroaches have been on the Earth for 250,000,000 they have not changed at all 
• Horses expend more energy lying down than they do when they are standing up!
• Cat whiskers can detect movements 2,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair.
• The blue whale is the fastest growing organism in the animal and plant kingdom
• The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds
• Spot, Data's cat on Star Trek: The Next Generation, was played by six different cats

• Scientists in Brazil have reported the emergence of the superflea--they are bigger than cockroaches 
• The most poisonous snake in the world is the Tiger Snake in Australia. One milligram of its venom can kill one human being
• The dolphins that live in the Amazon river are pink
• Most polar bears are left-handed.
• The number one favorite dog name is Brandy
• Elephants spend approximately 75% of their time feeding. They eat about 200kg of food per day and produce about 100kg of dung.
• A humpback whale's milk is 54 percent fat
• A baboon called Jackie became a private in the South African army in World War I
• A seagull can drink salt water because it has special glands that filter out the salt.
• You are more likely to be struck by lightning than you are to be eaten by a shark
• The name of the dog on the Cracker Jack box is Bingo
• Bees are fully grown when they are born
• 1 in 5,000 North Atlantic lobsters are born bright blue
• There is a sea squirt (found in the seas near Japan) that digests its own brain. When the sea squirt is mature it permanently attaches itself to a rock. At this point it does not need to move anymore and has no need for a brain.
• A single pig gave birth to 34 piglets in Denmark in 1961
• 500,000 tons of dog excrement are dumped annually on the streets of Paris
• The giant squid continues to grow as long as it lives
• To force a tortoises' legs from its shell to treat it, you need to place your finger up its bottom
• Ants stretch when they wake up. They also appear to yawn in a very human manner before taking up the tasks of the day
• The name of Superman's dog is Krypto
• A parrots beak can close with a force close to 350 pounds per square inch
• You are more likely to win the state lottery than to be attacked by a shark
• The dumbest dog in the world is the Afghan
• At birth, a panda weighs about 4 ounces and is smaller than a mouse.

• A baby beaver stays with it parents for a period of two years
• Sharks can live up to 100 years
• An eagle can kill a young deer and fly away with it
• A dog's nose is so sensitive that it can tell the difference between a tub of water and a tub of water with a teaspoon of salt in it.  
• The only domestic animal not mentioned in the Bible is the cat
• A blue whale's tongue weighs more than an elephant
• Nose prints are used to identify dogs, much like humans use fingerprints.
• A female swine, or a sow, will always have a even number of teats or nipples, usually twelve
• A full grown bear can run as fast as a horse
• A robin's egg is blue, but if you put it in vinegar for thirty days it turns yellow
• Border collies are the most intelligent breed of dog.
• A dragonfly's penis is shovel-shaped at the end, to scoop a rival male's sperm out of the female it's impregnating
• New Zealand is the only place kiwi birds are found in the wild.
• Ants can live up to 16 years
• Contrary to popular belief, dogs do not sweat by salivating, they sweat through the pads of their feet.
• The last of a cat's senses to develop is sight
• Baby robins eat 14 feet of earthworms per day.
• Sharks are immune to cancer 
• Greyhound dogs have the best eyesight of any breed of dogThe only insect that can turn its head 360 degrees is the praying mantis
• Since 1600, 109 species and subspecies of birds have become extinct 
• A giraffe can clean its ear with its 21-inch tongue
• The names of the three wise monkeys are: Mizaru: See no evil, Mikazaru: Hear no evil, and Mazaru: Speak no evil.
• All elephants walk on tiptoe, because the back portion of their foot is made up of all fat and no bone
• The name of Superman's dog is Krypto