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Page 201 - Animal Facts

The British drink around 165,000,000 cups of tea daily.

That adds up to a whopping 60.2 billion cups each year! Their daily coffee intake largely pales in comparison - a measly 70 million cups. Brits also are not fans of loose-leaf tea - 96% of their tea is brewed using tea bags!

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A dish in South Korea is made of LIVE baby octopuses that are still moving.

This bizarre meal, called sannakji, consists of raw pieces of young octopus that are served immediately after chopping it up! This means that the tentacles must be chewed VERY thoroughly, in order to prevent the suction cups from sticking to the diner's esophagus, or better yet...to keep the still-living octopus from crawling back up!

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Catfish have over 250,000 taste buds.

This is true, no matter how small the catfish! In fact, catfish also have extremely strong senses of smell, hearing, sight, and touch! They also have another sense called "electroreception" that allows them to detect electric fields. This allows them to locate the electric fields produced by their prey. They can use this to find insect larvae and worms that are hidden in the mud!

Here's an article from Indiana Game and Fish that can tell you all about the strong senses that catfish have.

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Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are 40 to 50 years old.

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In addition to having striped fur, tigers also have striped skin.

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