One million people each year are bitten by animals in the United States.
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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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The Pistol Shrimp can snap its claws together to create a sound of 218 decibels, louder than as supersonic jet at full speed. It only lasts for 1 millisecond. The snapping action also creates a bubble that is greater than 5000 Kelvin, close to the surface temperature of the sun.
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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.
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Rats can tell the difference between two human languages.
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