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  • What vitamin is blood lacking (or without)?
    vitamin B
  • What can baby turkey vultures do?
    Baby turkey vultures can vomit on other animals.
  • How far can a turkey vulture vomit?
    Up to 10 feet away
  • Why do sea cucumbers vomit out body parts?
    self-defense
  • What happens to hagfish slime in water?
    Hagfish slime expands in water.
  • What is the only mammal whose diet is blood?
    The vampire bat is the only mammal that drinks blood.
  • When do baby animals like elephants start eating poop?
    They eat poop once they begin eating solid foods.
  • How can eating poop be dangerous?
    Eating poop can lead to the spread of diseases and parasites.
  • What are two examples of animals that eat their mother’s poop?
    Baby elephants and hippos are examples of animals who eat their mother’s poop.
  • What diseases do insect blood suckers cause?
    yellow fever, malaria, dengue fever, and the bubonic plague
  • What percent of blood is water?
    80%
  • What two types of animals can vomit out their own stomachs?
    Poison Dart Frogs and Sea Cucumbers
  • What type of animals do dung beetles prefer the poop of?
    Plant eaters
  • What type of turds are a favorite of dogs?
    Dogs like turds with undigested food in them.
  • How does a northern slimy salamander use slime?
    defend themselves against predators
  • What animal did the fleas infect first during the bubonic plague?
    rats
  • Where is the northern slimy salamander’s slime secreted from?
    The slime is secreted from its back and tail.
  • What part of a predator is covered in the slime of a tomato frog?
    eyes and mouth
  • What does the poison dart frog have to swallow after it vomits?
    its stomach
  • What part of the poop do dung beetles eat?
    Dung beetles eat the liquid part of the poop
  • What color is the slime of a tomato frog?
    white
  • Why do sharks vomit?
    To get rid of things they cannot digest or lighten their body weight so they can eat more or swim faster.
  • What animals do vampire bats get their blood diet from?
    livestock, birds, reptiles, and humans.
  • How does the slime of a slug help with their locomotion?
    Slugs slide along a trail of slime.