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How Long Are Anteaters Tongues?

Giant anteaters do not have teeth; instead, they have tongues reaching as much as 610 mm (2 ft.) in length.

Llamas usually spit to settle an argument over food or to decide which is the dominant llama.

Hippophagy is the practice of eating horsemeat.

Some baby turtles talk to each other while they are still in their eggs so that they all hatch together.

Breathing the air in Mumbai, India, for just one day is equivalent to smoking 113 cigarettes.

Some insects can see ultraviolet light.

In August 2016, a dog was elected mayor of Cormorant, Minnesota, for its third term in a row.

It's illegal for foreigners to take Indian currency (rupees) out of India.

Scientists may have discovered why birds never seem to crash into one another – they appear to always veer to the right.

According to the lunisolar Hindu calendar, there are six seasons or ritus in a year.

Because they produce an extremely high-molecular-mass hyaluronan and have ribosomes that produce extremely error-free proteins.

Millions congregate for Kumbh Mela festival in India, world's largest gathering.

American cows produce 4 times as much milk as they did in 1944.

Animals generally have a personal space around themselves which they prefer that conspecifics and other animals do not enter.

The flatworm known as Macrostomum hystrix can self-reproduce by injecting sperm into its head.

Female sharks can store sperm for up to a year before using it to fertilise their eggs.