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

(1) Japanese Macaques make snowballs for fun.
(2) Hippopotamuses give birth under water.
(3) Turritopsis nutricula Immortal jellyfish is the only species known to live forever.
(4) Before they’re even born, sand tiger sharks eat their twin brothers and sisters!

Turritopsis nutricula Immortal jellyfish 
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(5) There is no visual difference between male and female herons.
(6) The flying frog uses flaps of skin between its toes to glide.
(7) If a Copperhead snake loses a fang it can replace it with a spare. It has up to seven spare fangs.
 
flying frogs

Copperhead snake 
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(8) Small quantities of grapes and raisins can cause renal failure in dogs.
(9) French poodles did not originate in France – they came from Germany.
(10) Humpback whales create the loudest sound of any living creature.

French poodle
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Humpback whale 
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