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Platypuses have no stomach.
The esophagus connects directly to the intestines. Also, females "sweat" milk through their skin.
Source: Wildlife Biology
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See all →Platypuses have no stomach.
The esophagus connects directly to the intestines. Also, females "sweat" milk through their skin.
There were about 2.5 billion T. rexes on Earth.
UC Berkeley researchers estimated 2.5 billion T. rex existed over 127,000 generations, based on body size and energy…
Domestic cats share 95.6% of their DNA with tigers.
Cats and tigers share a common ancestor and many behaviors, including hunting and territory marking.
Sharks are older than trees.
Sharks have swum in the oceans for 400 million years, while the first trees appeared 350 million years ago.
Napoleon was once attacked by rabbits.
During a hunt, domesticated rabbits mistook the carriage for food and attacked the emperor and his men en masse.
The word 'Google' originated from a spelling error.
The idea was based on the mathematical number 'Googol' (1 followed by 100 zeros), but the founders registered the…
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Rats laugh when they are tickled.
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Cuttlefish have W-shaped pupils.
The bar-headed goose crosses the Himalayas and has been recorded flying at over 7,000 metres.
