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Dolphins can jump over 25 ft (7 m) out of the water.
Dolphins have up to 250 teeth.
Donkeys can see all four of their feet at the same time.
Dragonflies can see in all directions at the same time.

An eagle has around 7,000 feathers.

Eels have two hearts.
An elephant can live to be up to 70 years old.
One elephant tooth can weight more than 6 lb (almost 3 kg).
Elephants grow their whole lives long.
Elephants are the only animals that can’t jump.
Lake flies flap their wings over 1,000 times a second.
Flying tree snakes fly from tree to tree.
Foxes sometimes live in one burrow with badgers, rabbits and owls.
Baby giraffes fall almost 6 ft (2 m) to the ground after being born.
Giraffes are the only animals born with horns.
Goats have square-shaped pupils.
The goldfish is actually a small carp.
The oldest goldfish in the world lived to be 43.
Grasshoppers hear using their front legs.
One human year is 25 hamster years.
Herrings communicate by passing gas.
650 houseflies weigh less than a Kinder chocolate bar.
At 46 - 68 mph (75 - 110 km/h), the Indo-Pacific sailfish is the fastest short-distance fish.
There are over one million kinds of insect.
A jellyfish is made up of over 98 % water.
Jellyfish venom still works if the jellyfish is dead.
Kangaroos can’t go backwards.
Kiwis are the only birds that can smell.
Koalas are very good swimmers.
The Norwegian Lundehund has six toes on its paws and can close its ears.
A mole can dig 300 ft (more than 90 m) in one night.
Mosquitoes have 47 teeth.

Mouse teeth are almost as hard as diamond.

Naked mole-rats are said to be able to tunnel through concrete.
Orangutans burp just before they attack.
An ostrich brain only weighs 1.4 oz (40 g).
An owl’s eyes are bigger than its brain.
Pandas like doing somersaults.
Pandas are good at climbing and swimming.
Pandas pee standing upside down to get their scent as high as possible.
There are over 300 different kinds of pigeon.
Pigeons can recognize people in photographs.
100 pipistrelle bats could fit in a shoebox.
The duck-billed platypus looks for food for 12 hours a day.
The duck-billed platypus’ bill is bendy. It feels like smooth leather.
The duck-billed platypus and the echidna are the only mammals that lay eggs.
A rabbit’s teeth never stop growing.
A rat can fall from the 5th floor without getting injured.
Rats and mice eat over 40 million tons of food each year.
Red pandas eat around 200,000 bamboo leaves a day.
Red pandas can retract their claws - like cats.
Reindeer are the only deer where the male and female both have antlers.
Rhinos have very bad eyesight. They see everything as a blur.
The Sahara Desert ant works out where it is by counting its steps.
Salamanders breathe through their skin.
Scallops have 35 blue eyes.
The heart of a shrew beats up to 2,320 times a minute.
Slugs have four noses.
Most snails have blue blood.
Snails can crawl over sharp knives - thanks to their slime trails.
All snakes swallow their prey whole.
Some spiders eat their own webs.
Spiders always have eight legs. Insects always have six legs.
Starfish have no brains.
Pigs, walruses and light-colored horses can get sunburnt.
A swordfish is just as fast as a cheetah.
Tiger pythons can live for up to a year without food.
Tigers don’t just have striped fur, but striped skin.
Toothed whales can’t smell.
After humans and apes, toothed whales have the most highly developed brains in the world.
The tuatara has a third eye. It uses it to see heat.
Wasps build nests with up to 24,000 combs.
A woodpecker pecks up to 20 times a second.
The muscles in a woodpecker’s head protects it from getting a concussion.
When it rains, worms always come to the surface. They would drown under the soil.

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