Giraffes often sleep for only 20 minutes in any 24 hours. They may sleep up to 2 hours (in spurts – not all at once), but this is rare. They never lie down.

A quarter of the world's plants are threatened with extinction by the year 2010.

The eyes of the chameleon can move independently. It can see in two different directions at the same time.

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