文章介绍了一些动物的有趣事实，包括河马的汗液具有天然防晒功能、长颈鹿能舔到自己耳朵里面、驼鹿能感受到落在其鹿角上的苍蝇、螳螂有位于腿之间的耳朵、家猫能跑得比博尔特还快、科学家第一次看到鸭嘴兽时试图拔掉其‘假’的喙等。
文章还提到了动物的情感和互动，例如快乐的小狗尾巴会向右摇摆，悲伤的小狗则向左；猪可以玩游戏；牛如果被嘲笑会感到屈辱等。
文章中涉及的一些动物词汇，如河马、长颈鹿、驼鹿、鹿角、螳螂、鸭嘴兽等，也得到了简单明了的解释。
What are some interesting facts you know about animals?
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Hippos
sweat is
natural sunscreen
.
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A
giraffe
can lick inside its own ears.
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A
moose
can feel a fly landing on its
antlers
.
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The
praying mantis
has an ear between its legs.
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A domestic cat can outrun Usain Bolt.
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Scientists who first saw the
platypus
tried to pull its “fake”
bill
off.
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Elephants can't jump.
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Happy dogs wag their tails to the right, sad ones to the left.
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Pigs can play video games.
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Cows can suffer
humiliation
if people laugh at them.
Vocabularies：
hippo
：河马；
giraffe
：长颈鹿；
moose
：
n.
[动]驼鹿、麋；
antler
：branched horn of a stag or of some other deer 鹿角: a fine pair of antlers 一对完美的鹿角；
praying mantis
：（also
mantis
）insect like a grasshopper, which holds its front legs together as if in prayer 螳螂；
platypus
：(also
duck-billed platypus
) small Australian furred animalwith a duck-like beak, webbed feet and a flat tail, that lays eggs but gives milk to its young 鸭嘴兽（产於澳洲）；
humiliation
：
n.
丢脸、羞辱、耻辱、蒙羞；
