Animals and Creatures

Bizarre Fact #111:
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There are no ants in Iceland, Antarctica and Greenland.

Bizarre Fact #112:
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There are over 1,800 known species of fleas.

Bizarre Fact #113:
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There are some species of snails that are venomous. Their venom can be fatal to humans.

Bizarre Fact #114:
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True spiders always have organs for spinning silk known as spinnerets.

Bizarre Fact #115:
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When a porcupine is born, its quills are soft and mostly white, but harden within hours.

Bizarre Fact #116:
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When a predator is chasing an impala, a type of antelope, it runs in a zig zag formation jumping as high as three metres.

Bizarre Fact #117:
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A spiders web is made of two types of silk, one sticky and the other not. The spider begins the web with the non sticky silk and forms the "spokes". After the frame is constructed and secure, the spider goes back with the sticky silk and completes the web design we are so familiar with, connecting spoke to spoke. They will also add rows connecting the spokes to allow them access for web maintenance.
Spend time watching a spider and you will see that they painstakingly avoid the sticky silk and walk on the spokes. Should the spider be startled and walk in the sticky silk it will affix to the spider the same as it would you or any thing else.
Spiders recycle their webbing, so a spider that gets stuck in its own web may eat its way out.

Bizarre Fact #118:
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62 degrees Fahrenheit is the minimum temperature required for a grasshopper to be able to hop.

Bizarre Fact #119:
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78% of cats never travel with their owner.

Bizarre Fact #120:
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A 4-inch-long abalone can grip a rock with a force of 400 pounds. Two grown men are incapable of prying it up.