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What I Learnt Today : 10 Unknown Amazing Facts About Animals - Part XXXI


(1) Like humans gorillas can catch colds and fevers.
(2) Do you know pigeons are art experts ? A trained pigeon can tell the difference between two paintings of Pablo Picasso & Claude Monet.
(3) Male ostriches are able to roar like lions.
(4) Cat’s jaw can’t move sideways, so Cats can’t chew large chunks of food.

Gorilla 
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(5) Most cats are lactose intolerant, so, they can’t digest cow milk.
(6) Dolphins can communicate with each other by whistling. Scientists say that dolphins use their own developed language & they also give themselves names.
(7) Some Dogs can alert diabetic patient when their sugar level drops very low.

Dolphin 
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(8) When two kangaroos meet for the first time, they greet each other by touching their noses and sniffing each other.
(9) An amazing true of cockroaches just revealed - “A headless cockroach will die after about a week out of thirst and hunger”. They can survive decapitation because they breathe through openings called spiracles on their body. Spiracles are not controlled by their brain.
(10) It’s unbelievable that cows kill more people than sharks every year. Sharks kill about 10 humans & cows kill about 100 humans by horns and hooves.
 
Kangaroo 
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