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+----------------- Bizarre Animal Facts -------------------+ 
 
Besides humans, the only animal that can stand on its head 
is the elephant. 

Nearly all polar bears are left-handed. 

A newborn panda is smaller than a mouse. 

The heads of a freak two-headed snake will fight over food - 
despite sharing the same stomach. 

The armadillo is the only animal - apart from man - that can 
catch leprosy. 

Some snakes can live up to a year without eating. 

Besides humans, the only animals that can suffer sunburn are 
pigs and horses. 

A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes. 

A donkey will sink in quicksand, but a mule won't. 

Pigs can become alcoholics. 

When hippopotamuses get upset, their sweat turns red. 

An angry gorilla pokes its tongue out. 

A giraffe can clean its ears with its tongue. 

Deer sleep only 5 minutes a day. 

[From That Book of Perfectly Useless Information]