- Estuarine crocodiles are the biggest of all 26 species of the crocodilian family.
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(Added: Tue Sep 19 2006) - A mole can dig a tunnel three hundred feet long in a single night.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - When a predator is chasing an impala, a type of antelope, it runs in a zig zag formation jumping as high as three metres.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - A chameleon's tongue is as long as its body and head and can shoot it out as fast as sixteen feet per second.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - A hedgehog's heart beats 190 times a minute on average and drops to only 20 beats per minute during hibernation.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - A rhinoceros' horn is made of compacted hair and keratin.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - A species of earthworm, "Megascolides australis," in Australia can grow up to fifteen feet in length.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - Each day, anywhere from 35-150 species of life go extinct.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - It takes a sloth up to six days to digest the food it eats.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The honey badger can withstand hundreds of bee stings that would otherwise kill another animal.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The main purpose of the Platypus' tail is to store up to fifty percent of the animal's fat. This provides the Platypus with an energy reserve in case food becomes scarce.
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(Added: Wed Sep 20 2006) - The tuatara lizard of New Zealand has three eyes, two in the center of its head and one on the top of its head.
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(Added: Thu Sep 21 2006) - The word "moose" comes from the native Algonquian Indian word meaning "twig eater."
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(Added: Thu Sep 21 2006) - The word alligator comes from the Spanish word El Lagarto, which means "The Lizard."
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - From all the states, Montana has the most different species of animals.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - Sheep can detect other sheep faces like humans do. They can remember up to 50 sheep faces.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - In 1958 the United States sent three mice into space named, Mia, Laska and Benji.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The town of Olney, Illinois celebrates a "Squirrel Day" festival to honour the 200 albino squirrels that live in the town. The festival includes a squirrel blessing by a priest.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - Approximately 200 pets are buried in a pet cemetery out of the thousands of pets that die each day.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The quills of a porcupine are soft when they are born.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The largest earthworm on record was found in South Africa and measured 22 feet.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - As a defense mechanism, the North American Opossum closes its eyes and becomes totally limp. Basically it plays dead.
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