The flea can jump 350 times its body length, that is like a human jumping the length of a football field.
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When Washoe, the first chimp to use sign language, was told that her caretaker's baby had died, she signed "CRY."
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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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There are some species of snails that are extremely venomous.
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Moths are unable to fly during an earthquake.
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The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the males head off.
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When a male gentoo penguin "falls in love" with a female penguin, he searches the entire beach to find the perfect pebble to present to her.
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Porcupines float in water!
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