Animals and Creatures

Bizarre Fact #141:
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A fly can react to something it sees and change direction in 30 milliseconds.

Bizarre Fact #142:
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A group of twelve or more cows is called a flink.

Bizarre Fact #143:
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A house cat has 18 claws.

Bizarre Fact #144:
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A housefly can transport germs as far as 15 miles away from the original source of contamination.

Bizarre Fact #145:
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A jynx is a woodpecker, also know as the wryneck because of its peculiar habit of twisting its neck.

Bizarre Fact #146:
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A kind of tortoise in the Galapagos Islands has an upturned shell at its neck so it can reach its head up to eat cactus branches.

Bizarre Fact #147:
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A large kangaroo would make a great long-distance jumper, covering more than thirty feet with a single jump.

Bizarre Fact #148:
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A mature, well-established termite colony with as many as 60,000 members will eat only about one-fifth of an ounce of wood a day.

Bizarre Fact #149:
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A mature, well-established termite colony with as many as 60,000 members will eat only about one-fifth of an ounce of wood a day.

Bizarre Fact #150:
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A mosquito has 47 teeth.