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

(1) Killer whales are not whales at all, rather a species of dolphin.
(2) About two-thirds of shark attacks on humans have taken place in water less than six feet deep.
(3) Butterflies can only see the colours red, green and yellow.
(4) A duck's quack does echo, it’s just almost impossible to hear.
 
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(5) Millions of trees are accidentally planted by squirrels that bury nuts and then forget where they hid them.
(6) The slowest fish is the sea horse, which moves along at about 0.01 mph (0.016 km/h).
(7) It seems that the skin of elephants are hairless. But, actually elephants are covered with very thin hair.

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sea horse 
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(8) Dumbledore isn’t only the Headmaster of Hogwarts; in fact a dumbledore is an old English term for a type of bee.
(9) Butterflies have their skeletons on the outside of their bodies, this is known as the exoskeleton.
(10) The Big Five is a group of animals of Africa: cape buffalo, elephant, leopard, lion and rhino.

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Big Five is a group of animals of Africa 
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Previous Episodes : 
Part-I, Part-II, Part-III, Part-IV,Part-V, Part VI, Part VII, Part VIII, Part IX, Part X, Part XI, Part XII, Part XIII, Part XIV, Part XV, Part XVI, Part XVII, Part XVIII, Part XIX, Part XX, Part XXI, Part XXII, Part XXIII, Part XXIV, Part XXV, Part XXVI, Part XXVII, Part XXVIII, Part XXIX, Part XXX, Part XXXI, Part XXXII, Part XXXIII, Part XXXIV, Part XXXV, Part XXXVI, Part XXXVII, Part XXXVIII, Part XXXIX, Part XL, Part XLI, Part XLII, Part XLIII, Part XLIV, Part XLV, Part XLVI, Part XLVII, Part XLVIII, Part XLIX, Part L, Part LI, Part LII, Part LIII,Part LIV,Part LV,Part LVI,Part LVII,Part LVIII,Part LIX,Part LX,Part LXI,Part LXII,Part LXIII,Part LXIV,Part LXV,Part LXVI,Part LXVII,Part LXVIII,Part LXIX,Part LXX,Part LXXI,Part LXXII,Part LXXIII,Part LXXIV,Part LXXV,Part LXXVI,Part LXXVII,Part LXXVIII,Part LXXIX,Part LXXX,Part LXXXI,Part LXXXII,Part LXXXIII,Part LXXXIV,Part LXXXV,Part LXXXVI,Part LXXXVII,Part LXXXVIII,Part LXXXIX,Part XC,Part XCI,Part XCII,Part XCIII,Part XCIV,Part XCV,Part XCVI,Part XCVII,Part XCVIII,Part XCIX,Part C,Part CI,Part CII,Part CIII,Part CIV,Part CV,Part CVI,Part CVII

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