Animal Facts!

We love to tweet interesting, odd facts about the animal kingdom! #AnimalFacts

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In 2015, more people were killed from injuries caused by taking a selfie than by shark attacks.

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An albatross can fly for SIX DAYS whithout flapping it's wings! #AnimalFacts

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The Killer Whale (also known as Orca) is actually a type of dolphin!

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The opening to the cave in which a bear hibernates is always on the North Slope

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The Queen termite can live up to 50 years and have 30,000 children every day.

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A rhinoceros horn is made of compacted hair.

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A skunk's smell can be detected by a human a mile away.

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A male gypsy moth can smell a female gypsy moth in heat up to a mile and a half away.

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Slugs have 4 noses.

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An adult hippo can bite a 12-foot (3.6 m) adult male crocodile in half.

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Of the 4,000 species of mammals on the planet, the are 900 different species of bats.

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Vegetarian mammals produce more methane than carnivorous mammals. In other words, they fart more.

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A cat uses its whiskers to determine if a space is too small to squeeze through.

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The snail mates only once in its entire life.

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A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.

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Some ribbon worms will eat themselves if they can't find any food.

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The catfish has the most taste buds of all animals, having over 27,000 of them.

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If you keep a Goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white.

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Flies jump backwards when they take off.

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Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump.