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9 Feb 2010
A honey bee flies at about 15 miles per hour.
The female King Crab incubates as many as 400,000 young for 11 months in a brood pouch under her abdomen.
The male gypsy moth can smell the virgin female gypsy moth from eight miles away.
Elephants can make low frequency sounds that are inaudible to humans. They make these sounds to keep in contact with members of their herd (and members of other herds) when they are far apart.
To purr, cats use extra tissue in the larynx (voice box). This tissue vibrates when they purr.
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