Animals and Creatures

Bizarre Fact #121:
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A baby eel is called an elver, a baby oyster is called a spat.

Bizarre Fact #122:
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A bee could travel 4 million miles (6.5 million km) at 7 mph (11km/h) on the energy it would obtain from 1 gallon (3.785 liters) of nectar.

Bizarre Fact #123:
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A bee has four wings.

Bizarre Fact #124:
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A biological reserve has been made for golden toads because they are so rare.

Bizarre Fact #125:
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A bird "chews" with its stomach. Since most birds do not have teeth, a bird routinely swallows small pebbles and gravel. These grits become vigorously agitated in the bird's stomach and serve to grind food as it passes through the digestive system.

Bizarre Fact #126:
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A bird sees everything at once in total focus. Whereas the human eye is globular and must adjust to varying distances, the bird's eye is flat and can take in everything at once in a single glance.

Bizarre Fact #127:
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A bison can jump 6 feet.

Bizarre Fact #128:
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A blue whale's tongue weighs more than an elephant.

Bizarre Fact #129:
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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.

Bizarre Fact #130:
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A British medical journal called The Practitioner has determined that bird watching can be hazardous to one's health. They have officially designated bird watching a hazardous activity, using the example of the death of a bird watcher who became so wrapped up in watching a particular bird that he failed to notice his potentially dangerous surroundings and was eaten by a crocodile.