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The Most Amusing and Bizarre Facts and Traits of Mammals

Here are some of the most peculiar and unusual facts about some mammal species.

1.) Musk Ox

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Who’s got the toughest skulls in the world? Musk Oxen can repeat head bangs up to 20 times at 32 km/h. Ouch!!!
The urine of this unusual animal produces a smell so revolting that it can water your eyes.

2.) Wolf

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Wolves howling a night scare people but in reality they are more scared of us than we are of them.
When people hear a wolf howling, they think the wolf is out to get them. That is why they believed in werewolves, even though there has never been a healthy wild wolf killing a human in North America.
Wolves work as a team. They use teamwork strategy to slay prey eight times bigger than they are.

3.) Vampire Bat

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This bloodsucking has to drink more than its own weight in blood everyday just to survive. If a Vampire Bat is a human; it’s like a human drinking a bathtub's worth of blood.
When they suck blood, they draw blood out of the toughest skin of animals such as horses and cattle.

4.) Pig

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Pigs are amazing animals. They can paint a picture and recognize different tastes because they have 20,000 taste buds.
Although pigs are known in many cultures as a symbol of prosperity, in reality, it is a very greedy. They are voracious eaters but they have been known to be very picky eaters and actually have quite small stomachs.

5.) Rabbit

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Rabbits are known as symbol of luck. Rabbits are also associated to playboys because they can start a new family every month.
Physically, they are amusing leapers. They can jump twice as far as the best Olympic jumpers.

6.) Tasmanian Devil

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Among mammals, the Tasmanian Devil is a multiple birth record holder. In a single litter, it can give birth to 30 pups, but only four usually survive.
They are very aggressive and a mating Tasmanian Devils is more like fighting for a male and female.
These animals are among the most voracious eaters in the animal world. They can eat 40% of their body weight in just half an hour.

7.) Polar Bear

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Polar Bears are amazing weightlifters. They can take down something three times their own weight.
To experts, it is still a big mystery how Polar Bears survive the winter without answering to the call of nature.
During hibernation, the female Polar Bear loses 30% of her bodyweight.
The Polar Bear’s snout is one of the most sensitive. Its can catch the smell of a seal hiding under three feet of thick sea ice.

8.) Bear

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Bears are popular animals because Teddy Bears are popular stuffed animals. However, they are campers’ worst nightmare.
Brown Bears are the heavyweight champions of the mountains. They can lift as much as 450 kg.
Bears are ridiculous animals. They will destroy cars for the smallest amount of food.
Bears are among the most dangerous animals in the world. The odds of being killed by a bear are only 2 in 1.8.

9.) Elephant Seal

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Male Elephant Seals fight a bloody battle for over 50 females.
Female Elephant Seals will put on an extra 270 kg while being pregnant, and starves until the pups are born.
Male Elephant Seals are five times bigger than a female.

10.) Lion

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Male Lions are lovable and caring fathers despite their ferocious appearance.
A male takes care of 20 cubs.
For thousands of years, lions were a worthy opponent for even the strongest men.
When the male gets lazy, the female does all the hunting.
Lions are the only cat that hunts in groups. Among their prey include baboons, Cape buffalo, elephants, gerenuk, hippopotamuses, impala, kudus, ostriches, rhinos, warthogs, wildebeests and zebras.

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