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LungsThe lightest organ in the human body is the lung.

Ostrich eggAn ostrich egg is also the largest existing single cell. Sciensational.com

Turritopsis nutriculaA kind of jellyfish (Turritopsis nutricula) upon reaching adulthood can transform itself back to childhood by converting its cells. It may repeat this to live forever.

Slow LorisTo avoid predators, a mother Slow Loris licks its offspring with poison before sending them off to search for food. Sciensational.com

cordyceps fungusThe fungus Cordyceps is able to "mind-control" other insects like ants to climb plants and attach there to become its food.

Ostrich eggThe biggest egg in the world is the ostrich egg. It could take as many as 30 chicken eggs to equal its volume, and up to 2 hours to hard boil. Sciensational.com

Goliath frogThe largest frog in the world is The Goliath Frog of Gabon in West Africa and can grow as big as 33cm long and up to 3kg heavy.

ClownfishWhen the queen of a clownfish school dies, a male clownfish changes its gender to become female and takes her place. Sciensational.com

The life of an eyelash is about 5 months.

Horseshoe crab The Horseshoe crab has blue blood. Sciensational.com

The nerves in our body are most concentrated in our fingertips.

DolphinDolphins cannot stay long underwater because they breathe through their blowholes above water. Sciensational.com

Belcher's sea snakeThe most poisonous snake in the world is Belcher's Sea Snake or the Faint-banded Sea Snake (Hydrophis belcheri).

Turtles and sea cucumbers can breathe through their butts.

The cow has four stomachs, as most ruminant mammals do.

Wood FrogThe little Alaskan Wood Frog is capable of reviving itself back to normal life after staying completely frozen for months, during which its heart, brain and other organs stop functioning.

earthwormSome species of earthworm can have as many as 10 hearts.

There are more species of fish in Amazon river than in the entire Atlantic Ocean (Over 2,000).

Chameleon and tongueChameleons often have tongues longer than their bodies.

A worm is both male and female at the same time (a hermaphrodite.)