Animal Facts Did You Know - Part 39

• the average lifespan of a squirrel is 9 years
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  a platypus can eat its weight in worms every day
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  fleas can accelerate 50 times faster than a space shuttle
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  spiders have transparent blood
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  mosquitoes prefer children to adults and blondes to brunettes
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  only 4 out of 20,000 species of bees produce honey