Maggots will only eat flesh if it is dead. For this reason, they are often used to remove the burnt skin from severe burn patients.
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Only 3% of bird species have penises.
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A scorpion can hold its breath for up to 6 days.
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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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If a man could run as fast for his size as an ant can, he could run as fast as a racehorse.
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Giraffes are unable to cough.
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A killer whale's heart beats 30 times a minute under water, 60 times a minute on the surface.
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The energy of a discharge of an electric eel could start 50 cars.
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