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“Venus rotates backwards compared to almost every other planet — so on Venus, the Sun rises in the west and sets in the east.”

“A mantis shrimp has 16 types of colour receptors — you have 3. It sees a version of the world you cannot even imagine.”

“One species of jellyfish can reverse its ageing process and return to being a baby — potentially living forever.”

“Tardigrades — microscopic eight-legged animals — have survived boiling water, radiation, the vacuum of outer space, and pressures six times deeper than the deepest ocean.”

“A group of flamingos has the best name ever — it's called a flamboyance!”

“Cows have best friends — and they get really sad when they are apart.”

“Sea otters hold hands while they sleep so they don't float away from each other.”

“A snail can sleep for three whole years without waking up!”

“Your baby could hear your voice even before they were born — they were listening to you from inside the womb.”

“Kittens are born with their eyes sealed completely shut — their world is all darkness and warmth for the first week of their lives.”

“Puppies are born completely deaf — their ears are sealed shut, and for two whole weeks, the world is perfectly silent to them.”

“Inside a cocoon, a caterpillar does not just grow wings — it completely dissolves into a kind of living soup, and then rebuilds itself as a butterfly.”