Wild Facts About Animals

Wild Facts About Animals

4. Better Living through Chemistry

Queen bees can regulate the activity of a hive by releasing chemicals into the air to modify the behavior of the other bees. Chemicals. Hit songs. Potato, potahto.

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3. Calamari for Dinner

The biggest giant squid on record was 59 feet long, weighed nearly a ton, and had eyes the size of beach balls.

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2. Sail Away

Sailfish are the fastest fish in the ocean and can leap out of the ocean at speeds up to 68 miles per hour.

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1. That’s One Horny Fish (Not a Fish)

The narwhal has two teeth, one of which can grow into a nearly nine-foot tusk in males, earning them the name the “unicorn of the sea.” Of course, had we seen them first, we would have named them tunacorns.

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