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Lions
sleep up to 20 hours a day.
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Gorillas
sleep in nests which they build in tree tops.
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Blue
whale babies weigh up to 7 tonnes at birth.
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Crickets
have ears positioned on their knees.
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Puffer
fish puffs it's body to scare away the enemies.
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Salmon
live in the sea, but they return to breed in river where they
were born.
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A
female cod can lay up to 9 million eggs.
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Snakes
never close their eyes at any time.
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Chameleon
lizards can look in two directions at the same time.
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If
a lizard's tail is broken off, it can usually grow a new one.
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A
bird called Swift spends all it's time in the air. It only comes
down to breed.
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Flamingoes
are pink because their bodies take the colour of shrimps they
eat.
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Elephants
spend 23 hours a day eating.
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No
two zebras have exactly the same pattern of stripes.
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Squirrels
sometimes wrap their bushy tails around their body to keep themselves
warm.
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Sailors
have been known to have mistaken the basking whales for islands
and try to land on them.
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A
chameleon can alter it's colour depending on it's mood.
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It
takes an elephant calf 6 months how to use it's trunk.
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Flies
take off backwards.
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The
giraffe has 7 neck bones exactly the same as humans.
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Dolphins
and whales talk to each other whistling.
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The
humming bird is the only bird that can fly backwards.
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Rare
African gorillas are sometimes killed to use their hand to make
ashtrays.
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The
rare kakapo parrot lays one egg every four years.
