Facts in "Animals" Category
#1583 - Animals Fact  1
There are 1,600 known species of starfishes in the world.
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#1584 - Animals Fact  -1
The Bateleur eagle of Africa hunts over a territory of 250 square miles a day.
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#1585 - Animals Fact  4
More than one million stray dogs and over 500,000 stray cats live in the New York City metropolitan area.
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#1587 - Animals Fact  -1
No other animal gives us more by-products than the hog. These by-products include pig suede, buttons, glass, paint brushes, crayons, chalk, and insulation to name a few.
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#1588 - Animals Fact  7
A bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during World War II killed every animal in the Berlin Zoo except the elephant, which escaped and roamed the city. When a Russian commander saw hungry Germans chasing the elephant and trying to kill it, he ordered his troops to protect it and shoot anyone who tried to kill it.
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#1589 - Animals Fact  3
Armadillos are the only animal besides humans that can get leprosy.
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#1590 - Animals Fact  1
The "snood" is the fleshy projection just above the bill on a turkey.
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#1592 - Animals Fact  4
The ostrich egg yolk is the biggest single cell in the world.
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