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Did you know that shark pregnancies can last 3 years, giraffes only sleep for 2 hours, and pigs can’t see the sky?

I’ve been illustrating these adorably sad facts and sharing them online for less than 2 months, and so far 6,500 people on Instagram have learned and laughed, and gotten slightly depressed.

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DwiPurwanti
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9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They can't jump for a reason I guess *shrug* Imagine if elephants are able to jump or act like a dog. We're doomed.

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    RJazz909
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    9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Another bear: "OH MOTHER OF GOD SOMEONE CAMPING JUST POOPED AND DIDN'T BURY IT!!!!"

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    MichelleG.(MicaylahnaClanfraSkye)
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    9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dogfish have the longest known gestation period of any shark, at 18 to 24 months. Basking sharks and frilled sharks appear to have even longer gestation periods, but accurate data are lacking.

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    KimberlyMcGuirk-Klinetobe
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    9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is false. I've seen my own dogs react to things on a T.V. screen. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2015/01/150111-animals-dogs-television-pets-science-tv-behavior/

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    RJazz909
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    9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Awwwhhhh....poor beez...Everyone if you see a bee just stay out of its way and let it do its thing....they work most of there lives and people are saying there population is decreasing. So next time if you're about to kill a bee, just think...if you kill that bee its just one step closer for death to bees, and fresh tasty honey....

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    MichelleG.(MicaylahnaClanfraSkye)
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    9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    American periodical cicadas aren’t sleeping the entire 17 years they’re underground. Much of the time they’re digging tunnels and building feeding cells, tapping into roots and feeding, vying with other cicadas for space along a crowded root system, growing (they experience four phases or instars while underground), avoiding unfavorable conditions like flooding, and possibly actively avoiding predators like moles and voles. Yes, cicadas can sleep — or at least the insect version of sleep called torpor — but they are definitely not asleep for 17 years.

    RJazz909
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    9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When they do come out...they're the most annoying and scary thing ever!!! Oh and these things are pretty much like zombies...

    JanetLiu
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    yes, and they live for about 3 weeks, in which they mate and lay eggs, etc, and die, and it then repeats.

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    MichelleG.(MicaylahnaClanfraSkye)
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    9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The sleep behaviour of giraffes was looked at in detail by Tobler & Schwierin (1996) who showed that giraffes slept both while standing and while recumbent for a total of 4.6 hours per 24 hours.

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    AlexGreen
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    9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Haha, I keep reptiles, they eat their own skin as it sheds for the same reason

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    RadkaJohns
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    9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So that's what happens to me when I feel like crying for no reason. Too much salt! :p

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    RJazz909
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    9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wait....so when they land on me...THEIR TASTING ME?!?!? Double wait....if they accidentally step in poo....that means...EWWWWW!!!!

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    MichelleG.(MicaylahnaClanfraSkye)
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    9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They nest in tree holes where they often sleep together in curled up positions. Their territories are marked by fecal and scent markings. Their diet consists primarily of fruits and flowers and they seem to play a part in the pollination of certain plants

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    NickMan
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    9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    actually only a bunch of animals are capable of recognizing themselves in the mirror or anywhere else

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    KimberlyMcGuirk-Klinetobe
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    9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also false. Puma, cougars, and mountain lions are the same animal but Jaguars are a completely different animal. Who came up with these "facts"?

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