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A beaver can hold it's breath for 45 minutes. |
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More people are injured by cats, dogs, and pigs each year than
by Great White Sharks. |
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A 70 pound octopus can squeeze through a hole no bigger than a
silver dollar because it has no backbone. |
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Orcas, also known as killer whales, are not whales but are the
largest member of the dolphin family.
The biggest animal in the world is the blue whale. It has a heart
the size of a car and tongue as long as an elephant.
The Blue Whales whistle is the loudest noise made by any animal. |
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Penguins can jump almost 6 feet into the air. |
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There are more sheep in New Zealand than people. |
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An African ostrich egg weighs almost 30 pounds and is so strong
a 200 pound man can stand on it without it breaking! |
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When it is born, a kangaroo is only 1 inch long! |
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The fastest mammal - the dolphin - can swim up to 35 miles per
hour. |
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The bird that can fly the fastest is called a Canvasback duck. It can fly
up to 70 miles per hour. Birds can sleep with one eye open. |
A crocodile can't move its tongue and cannot chew.
Its digestive juices are so strong that it can digest a steel nail. |
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A horse can nap standing up. |
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No two zebras have identical stripes. |
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Some frogs are tiny but the largest of them all, the Goliath frog,
is the size of a baby deer! |
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No animal has killed more people than the hippo. |
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Some turtles and tortoises, including the Eastern box turtle, can
live for more than a century. |
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Averaging 10 to 12 feet in length, the king cobra is the largest
venomous snake in the world. It is also the only known snake that
builds a nest for egg incubation. |
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