Now You Know: Interesting Animal Facts To Enrich Your General Knowledge

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    Vertebrate - did you kno? Scientists studied a parrot for 30 years and found he had the intelligence of a 5-year-old human. He had a vocabulary of 150 words and could ask for a banana. If he was offered a nut instead, he would stare in silence, ask for the banana again, or take the nut and throw it at the researcher. nowyoukno.com
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    Horse - did you kno? If an Icelandic horse ever leaves Iceland, it is banished from the Country forever. nowyoukno.com
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    Bird - did you kno? Black flamingos exist, they're just super rare. One was filmed in 2013 in Israel and another black flamingo was spotted in Cyprus in 2015. Their color comes from melanism, which causes excessive pigment to darken feathers. nowyoukno.com
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    Text - did you kno? Raccoons in an experiment were able to open 11 of 13 locks in fewer than 10 tries and had no problems repeating the action when the locks were rearranged or turned upside down. imgflip.com nowyoukno.com
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    Text - did you kno? The Heaviest Cat of All Time was Himmy, a cat from Australia, who weighed 213kg (46 lb 15 oz) at the time of his death in '86. He was 10. HEAVY HIMMY the fattest cat of all By DESMOND ZAR Pietures BRIAN CASSEY Heevy Himmy, the werld's bulh lest cet, get upet the ether day en he was being fimed for Jopanese televisian. Himmy, who wrigha in at k0 ama on Cma veales, ot hi mper aher the ven Mn Doen Vyse, t Rediynehj outaide the city inmy's amved p ui pai et to move when In he's e
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    Text - did you kno? The blue whale is not only the largest animal currently on the planet, but the largest animal to have ever existed. They can be as long as 82 feet and weigh as much as 330,000 pounds. nowyoukno.com
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    Insect - did you kno? Crab spiders are expert ambush predators, often blending in with the flowers that they hunt on. nowyoukno.com
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    Text - did you kno? Dogs were originally listed as non-self-aware, due to failing the “mirror test“. However, since dogs are not visually oriented, a new test, "sniff test of self recognition“ was developed, and shows significant evidence of self-awareness in dogs. nowyoukno.com
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    Photo caption - did you kno? Once a year in parts of England flying ants migrate. Seagulls catch and eat them and then become drunk off the ants' formic acid, causing them to crash into buildings and moving cars. nowyoukno.com
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    Adaptation - did you kno? Foxes jump 3 feet into the air and dive into snow to catch mice. They determine the speed and trajectory of the mouse before nose diving with pinpoint accuracy. nowyoukno.com
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    Text - did you kno? Godzilla's roar was created using a leather glove coated in pine-tar resin and rubbing it against the string of a double bass. nowyoukno.com
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    Horse - did you kno? Some horses are born totally hairless, a syndrome called Naked Foal Syndrome. The syndrome only affects Akhal-Teke breed and the foals die before three years of age, Usually within weeks. nowyoukno.com
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    Marine mammal - did you kno? Whales can make rainbows using their blowholes! nowyoukno.com
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    Bird - did you kno? The distinctive nose of the Shinkansen 500 bullet train prevents sonic booms whenever it exits a tunnel. It was designed after scientists studied the shape of a kingfisher's beak to learn how it hit the water at such a high speed without so much as a splash. nowyoukno.com
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    Organism - did you kno? In some species of Shrews, the young form a caravan behind their mother, each carrying the tail of the sibling in front with its mouth. nowyoukno.com
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    Text - did you kno? A truck driver named Tony Alsup refused to let animals drown during a hurricane. Instead, he turned a school bus into 'Noah's Ark', rescuing 53 dogs and 11 cats from South Carolina shelters. nowyoukno.com
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    Text - did you kno? Square starfish exist! It happens when a pentagonal starfish loses an arm to an injury or growth defect. A normal one is on the right: nowyoukno.com
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    Cartoon - did you kno? There are whales alive today who were born before Moby Dick was written. nowyoukno.com J.
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