Fun Facts

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  When a dog sniffs a fire hydrant, that’s not all it’s smelling. Dogs can perceive many different scents and different layers within one scent. Dogs have about 300 million olfactory receptors and humans only 6 million. Can you imagine what goes through their minds when they sniff around during a simple walk at the park?

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  Moose are the largest species in a family of animals called cervids. Cervids also include deer and elk.

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  Generally, chickens with white ear lobes lay white eggs, and chickens with red ear lobes lay brown eggs. Feather color has nothing to do with eggshell color.

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  Red kangaroo can pause the gestation process and hold a fertilized egg for up 200 days.

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  Cricket chirps are temperature dependent. Count the number of cricket chirps in 13 seconds, add 40 and you’ll get the ambient temperature in °F.

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  Frogs can throw up, but not the way humans do. They actually expel their entire stomach then use their forearms to “dig” the contents out. After they’re done, the stomach goes back in.