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

(1) You can detect a turtle’s gender by hearing the noise it makes. Males grunt and females hiss.
(2) Mantis shrimp have four times as many color receptors in their eyes as humans do.
(3) Lonomia obliqua is the world’s deadliest caterpillar.
(4) It's hard to believe that a starving mouse will eat its own tail.

Lonomia obliqua 
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(5) Bats are the great friends of America. By eating pest insects, bats save the U.S. agriculture industry an estimated $3 billion per year.
(6) Though butterflies have various colors on their bodies. They can only see the colors red, green and yellow.
(7) Galloping crocodiles existed 100 million years ago. And they preyed on dinosaurs!

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Galloping crocodile 
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(8) Slow loris may be cute, but it’s the only venomous primate in the world. When it raises its arms, it’s performing a defensive stance, and preparing a venom.
(9) According to records there are 50 million monkeys in the world!
(10) Do you know how many bones are located in our necks ? The answer is 7. Only one animal has also the same number of bones. The name of that animal is Giraffe.

Slow loris
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Giraffe 
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