Animals and Creatures

Bizarre Fact #441:
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The underside of a horse's hoof is called a frog. The frog peels off several times a year with new growth.

Bizarre Fact #442:
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The venom of the king cobra is so deadly that one gram of it can kill 150 people. Just to handle the substance can put one in a coma.

Bizarre Fact #443:
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The whistling swan has more than 25,000 feathers on its body.

Bizarre Fact #444:
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The white elephant is the sacred animal of Thailand.

Bizarre Fact #445:
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The woolly mammoth, extinct since the Ice Age, had tusks almost 16 feet high.

Bizarre Fact #446:
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The world camel population is 19,627,000.

Bizarre Fact #447:
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The world's fastest reptile (measured on land) is the spiny-tailed iguana of Costa Rica. It has been clocked at 21.7 miles per hour.

Bizarre Fact #448:
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The world's largest rodent is the Capybara. An Amazon water hog that looks like a guinea pig, it can weigh more than 100 pounds.

Bizarre Fact #449:
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There are 1,600 known species of starfishes in the world.

Bizarre Fact #450:
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There are 4,300 known species of ladybugs in the world.