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64
Horses on ice

Almost a thousand horses died in the Lake Ladoga when the water suddenly froze.


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65
Living tongue

There is a shellfish which does not only parasite a fish but literally replace its tongue. This is the only known case of complete replacement of an organ.


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Bros

Hippopotamuses are genetically closer to whales than to pigs.


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65
Uncommon swift

A swift can fly 2 or even 3 years without landing, which makes it the world champion of nonstop flight…


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50
Athletic aquatics

An adult octopus can easily swim through a hole the size of the space between its eyes.


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52
Sober as a Koala

Usually, koalas don’t ever drink water during their whole life.


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Rabbits are not rodents!

Actually they are lagomorphs, another order of mammals.


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54
Bonellia and Clyde

The male Bonellia viridis, or Green Spoonworm, is so small that he lives inside the female!


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80
Friends of apes

In Spain, apes have been granted rights similar to humans since June 2008.


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46
Downjob

Bats engage in fellatio during pairing.


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62
Purring therapy

Purring releases endorphins that help cats to ease the pain and reassure themselves.


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27
Weeny weenie

The erect gorilla penis is less than 2 inches long.


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31
Windy enough to take the oxes’ horns off

This French expression has nothing to do with the Beaufort required to make our dear cattle’s horns fly away.


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75
Noble heart

Octopuses have three hearts and their blood is blue.


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Beetlejuice

Cockroaches are coprophage.


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71
Mad love

Lions can mate up to 50 times a day.


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79
Cockroach never dies…

A cockroach can live up to several weeks headless before it dies of starvation.


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42
Your eyes are bigger than…

The eye of an ostrich is bigger than its brain.


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Scavenger

The hippopotamus can, when he has no choice, eat meat.


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