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  1. Male monkeys lose the hair on their heads in the same manner men do.
  2. A rat can fall from a 5-story building without injury.
  3. A dolphin's flipper has 5 digits and nearly the same bone structure as a human arm and hand.
  4. @igocleveland Thank you, we would really appreciate that!
  5. The fastest animal on four legs is the cheetah, which races at speeds up to 70 miles per hour in short distances. www.zoobooks.com
  6. @iescience Let me double-check our sources at the Sea World San Diego. Thanks!
  7. Dolphins jump out of the water to conserve energy. It is easier to move through the air than through the water.
  8. Thanks, @Mrs_Sanders !
  9. @igocleveland Thanks for the endorsement!
  10. ...a half-mile away, the rest of the herd is instantly alerted. How this communication takes place is not understood.
  11. Elephant herds post their own sentries. Whenever danger threatens, the lookout raises its trunk, and though it may be as far as...
  12. @Firefly2020 Thanks! Wild animals are always a source of fascinating information.
  13. Thanks everyone for helping us hit the 1,000 follower mark. 5,000, here we come!
  14. @Mulder_Cat Bingo! Great idea!
  15. Koalas and humans are the only animals with unique fingerprints. Koala prints cannot be distinguished from human fingerprints. Zoobooks.com
  16. ...This serves as an emergency back-up baby should the first one die prematurely.
  17. A kangaroo mother holds a reserve embryo inside of her after her first baby has crawled into her pouch...
  18. After male bees have served their function, they are not allowed back into the hive but are left outside where they starve to death.
  19. Only female bees work. Males remain in the hive, their only mission in life being to fertilize the queen bee on her maiden flight...
  20. The leech has 32 brains.