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Did you know: A snail can sleep for three years. Slugs have four noses. Elephants are the only animal that can't jump. A rhinoceros' horn is made of hair. It is possible to hypnotize a frog by placing it on its back and gently stroking its stomach. A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in a lifetime.
Source: The DodoDid you know: Research published in the Journal of Experimental Biology suggests that zebras’ black and white stripes may be an evolutionary feature to fend off bugs. Octopuses Can Taste With Their Arms. They can detect flavorful molecules in the water using their suckers. According to research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, bottlenose dolphins have specific names for one another.
Source: Best Life OnlineDid you know: Butterflies can taste with their feet. Elephants have a specific alarm call that means "human." Dogs' sense of smell is about 100,000 times stronger than humans', but they have just one-sixth our number of taste buds. Male gentoo and Adelie penguins "propose" to females by giving them a pebble. Reindeer eyeballs turn blue in winter to help them see at lower light levels.
Source: Mother Nature Network