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Animals, Insects, etc.
*On average, 28 American mail carriers are bit by dogs every day.
*A brown bat can catch up to 600 mosquitoes in one hour.
*Bees must visit 5,000 flowers to make a spoonful of honey.
A Dalmatian is the only dog that can get gout.
*A Horse has 18 more bones than a Human.
*An oyster only has 1 muscle in its entire body.
*Only female mosquitoes bite.
*A bee uses 22 muscles when it stings.
*The dial tone of a normal telephone is in the key of "F".
*A male gypsy moth can smell a female gypsy moth in heat, from upto a mile and a half.
*Carnivorous animals will not eat another animal that has been struck by lightning.
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*The puffer fish contains a poison 275 times more deadly than cyanide.
*The beavers front feet resemble those of a raccoon, but a beavers back feet resemble those of a duck.
*The giraffe has the same number of neck bones (7) as humans.
*An owl can swivel its head 75% of the way around without moving its body.
*The smallest species of starfish in the world could easily fit on an infant's thumbnail.
*Most hamsters blink 1 eye at a time.
*Hamster's inflate their cheeks before swimming.
*Lobsters have blue blood.
*The oldest known goldfish lived to be 41 years old.
*The polar bear has the largest molar teeth of all known animals.
*Names of Groups of Animals
- A herd of Donkey
- A sloth of bear
- A Clutter or clowder of cat
- A Drove or Herd of Cattle
- A clutch or brood of chicken
- A herd of deer
- A Pack of Dogs
- A Brace or herd of Ducks
- A Herd of Elephant
- A shulk of Fox
- A Tribe or Trip of goat
- A Flock or Gaggle of Geese
- A Herd of Horses
- A pride of Lion
- A Band or Troop of Monkeys
- A Flock or Drove of Sheep
- A Bevy of Swans
- A litter of Swine or Pigs
- A Gam or Pod of Whale
- A Pack of Wolves
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Animals, Insects, etc.