It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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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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There's a phone app called RoboRoach that allows you to remotely control a cockroach through a chip that you to manually implant into the unwitting critter.
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Sandy, an African Penguin, has been in 'love' with her keeper at the Nuremburg zoo since 1996.
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Sharks have been on the planet longer than trees.
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Whales and dolphins can't taste anything other than salt.
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The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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