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| The world's largest mammal, the blue whale, weighs 50 tons at birth. Fully grown, it weighs as much as 150 tons. |
| 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. |
| The world's smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat of Thailand, weighing less than a penny. |
| While sleeping, one man in eight snores, and one in ten grinds his teeth. |
| At 188 decibels, the whistle of the blue whale is the loudest sound produced by any animal. |
| A flute made of bone is the oldest playable musical instrument in the world. It’s a flute carved from a bird’s wing bone more than 9,000 years ago. The flute was discovered with other flutes at an ancient burial site in China. |
| The fastest dog, the greyhound, can reach speeds of upto 41.7 miles per hour. The breed was known to exist in ancient Egypt 6,000 years ago. |
| A cat sees about six times better than a human at night because of the tapetum lucidum , a layer of extra reflecting cells which absorb light. |
| A cat uses whiskers to determine if a space is too small to squeeze through. The whiskers act as antennae, helping the animal to judge the precise width of any passage. |
| A cat will clean itself with paw and tongue after a dangerous experience or when it has fought with another cat. This is an attempt by the animal to soothe its nerves by doing something natural and instinctive. |
| The grizzly bear can run as fast as the average horse. |
| The female lion does more than 90% of the hunting while the male simply prefers to rest. |
| At birth, a panda is smaller than a mouse and weighs about four ounces. |
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