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Duck, Duck, Magpie

A duck walks into a movie theater, waddles straight down to the first row and flutters up into his seat. The guy next to him looks over, then double-takes. “Say, aren’t you a duck?” The duck replies, “Indeed, a mallard.” “That’s odd,” says the gentleman, “Why would you fly in to see this movie?” “Well,” said the duck, “I really liked the book.”  

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Fur. Feathers. Fins.

Fun Facts: Animals

Life is mostly about the pursuit of knowledge and, therefore, the collection of fun facts. All my fun facts were harvested personally…They started as a physical book purchase from Amazon, then moved to a Kindle download where I bookmarked them by hand; at the conclusion of a book they were transcribed into a Snoopy Moleskine, and finally, they appear here for your personal wonderment.
  • Albatross spend 95% of their lives over open oceans; wandering albatross have the longest wingspan of all birds, 12 feet tip to tip; they can fly four million miles over a lifetime.
  • The sperm whale that attacked and sunk the whaling ship Essex in 1820 (the real world Moby Dick) was an 85 foot long male, weighing 80 tons with a 20 foot wide tail.
  • Penguins can cool their stomachs (using them like little refrigerators) to a temperature that slows digestion, they can therefore regurgitate and eat the same food over the course of days.

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