Animals and Creatures

Bizarre Fact #201:
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City squirrels will eat just about anything, and often, it's the junk food that people offer them that they prefer, like Cracker Jack peanuts. Many naturalists have concluded that a peanut diet is harmful to squirrels: it seems to result in a weakening of eyesight and a thinning of the animal's pelt.

Bizarre Fact #202:
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Contrary to popular belief, dogs do not sweat by salivating, they sweat through the pads of their feet.

Bizarre Fact #203:
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Contrary to popular belief, elephants are not afraid of mice, and they do not have any better memory than any other animal.

Bizarre Fact #204:
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Cows are the only mammals that pee backwards.

Bizarre Fact #205:
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Crickets don't chirp by rubbing their legs together, they make the noise by rubbing their wings together.

Bizarre Fact #206:
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Crickets hear through their knees.

Bizarre Fact #207:
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Dachshunds are the smallest breed of dog used for hunting. They are low to the ground, which allows them to enter and maneuver through tunnels easily.

Bizarre Fact #208:
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Deer can't eat hay.

Bizarre Fact #209:
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Despite being a nine-inch-tall bird, the roadrunner can run as fast as a human sprinter.

Bizarre Fact #210:
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Did you know that at Disneyland they have hundreds of wild domesticated cats running around the park? They never come out during the day because there's too many people, but the reason they're there is to catch the mice.