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A zebra is white with black stripes.
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According to ancient Greek literature, when Odysseus arrived home after an absence of 20 years, disguised as a beggar, the only one to recognize him was his aged dog Argos, who wagged his tail at his master, and then died.
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Adult cats with no health problems are in deep sleep 15 percent of their lives. They are in light sleep 50 percent of the time.
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All clams start out as males; some decide to become females at some point in their lives.
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All pet hamsters are descended from a single female wild golden hamster found with a litter of 12 young in Syria in 1930.
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An adult lion's roar can be heard up to five miles away, and warns off intruders or reunites scattered members of the pride.
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An American Animal Hospital Association poll showed that 33 percent of dog owners admit that they talk to their dogs on the phone or leave messages on an answering machine while away.
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An iguana can stay under water for 28 minutes.
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An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
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Animal gestation periods: the shortest is the American opossum, which bears its young 12 to 13 days after conception; the longest is the Asiatic elephant, taking 608 days, or just over 20 months.
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Ants are social insects and live in colonies which may have as many as 500,000 individuals.
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Ants don't sleep.
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Aphids are born pregnant without the benefit of sex. Aphids can give birth 10 days after being born themselves.
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At 188 decibels, the whistle of the blue whale is the loudest sound produced by any animal.
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Australian termites have been known to build mounds twenty feet high and at least 100 feet wide.
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