Facts in "Animals" Category
#1553 - Animals Fact  0
To a human, one giant octopus looks virtually the same as any other of the same size and species. This explains why divers claim to have seen the same octopus occupy a den for ten or more years. But an octopus seldom lives longer than four years.
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#1556 - Animals Fact  3
Giraffes are the only animals born with horns. Both males and females are born with bony knobs on the forehead.
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#1557 - Animals Fact  4
The giant crab of Japan can be as large as 12 feet across.
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#1558 - Animals Fact  4
The snapping turtle eats carrion and is used by police to find dead bodies in lakes, ponds and swamps.
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#1560 - Animals Fact  8
The woolly mammoth, extinct since the Ice Age, had tusks almost 16 feet high.
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#1562 - Animals Fact  2
The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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