Animals and Creatures

Bizarre Fact #391:
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The kinkajou's tail is twice as long as its body. Every night, it wraps itself up in its tail and uses it as a pillow.

Bizarre Fact #392:
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The Kiwi, national bird of New Zealand, can't fly. It lives in a hole in the ground, is almost blind and lays only one egg each year. Despite this, it has survived for more than 10 thousand years.

Bizarre Fact #393:
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The largest insect in the world, the meganeuron, a prehistoric dragonfly, measured 29 inches from wingtip to wingtip.

Bizarre Fact #394:
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The largest order of mammals, with about 1,700 species, is rodents. Bats are second with about 950 species.

Bizarre Fact #395:
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The leaf bug of ceylon (phyllum sicci folium) has legs and antennae the color and shape of leaves, has indentations on its body like the vein marks on a leaf, and hangs from branches, swaying in the breeze exactly like a leaf.

Bizarre Fact #396:
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The leg bones of a bat are so thin that no bat can walk.

Bizarre Fact #397:
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The lifespan of a squirrel is about nine years.

Bizarre Fact #398:
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The longest recorded life span of a camel was 35 years, 5 months.

Bizarre Fact #399:
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The longest species of centipede is the giant scolopender (Scolopendra gigantea), found in the rain forests of Central and South America. It has 23 segments (46 legs) and specimens have been measured up to 10.5 inches long and 1" in diameter.

Bizarre Fact #400:
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The mako shark and great white shark are two of the few species of shark that are warm blooded.