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One human hair can support up to 6.5 pounds.

Madagascar produces two thirds of the world’s vanilla.

Flamingos are pink because they eat alot of blue-green algae. Flamingos also eat shrimp. Flamingos are named for their bright color. Flamingos are monogamous. Flamingos only lay one egg per year on a mound of dirt. Flamingos eat with their heads upside down.

Snakes are charmed by any kind of music. Snakes don’t care what kind of music you use. Snakes don’t have any external ears, but they can sense vibrations. Cobras in snake charming acts are mesmorized by the flute and it’s motions, not the sound.

Crickets hear from their knees.

Elephants eat about 350 pounds of food per day and drink 50 gallons of water per day.

Shark can detect 1 part blood in 100 million parts of water.

The animal which can not reproduce is a cross between a male donkey and a female horse and it is called a mule. All male mules are born sterile and and with a few exceptions all female mules are sterile. The mule is very disease resistant, sure-footed and can perform work in harsh conditions.