Elephants are terrified of Bees and actually have a special, distinct vocalization for “Run away the Bees are angry”
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The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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Dolphins have names for one another.
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A newborn Chinese water deer is so small, it can (almost) be held in the palm of a hand.
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Mosquitoes prefer certain blood types, and people with the “O” blood type are more likely to get bitten.
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Christmas Island has bridges for crabs to stop them getting run over during the mass migration.
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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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It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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