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• A hedgehog's heart beats 300 times a minute.
• All hamsters are descended from a single female (and her mates) found in a Syrian tomb in 1930.
• The poison-arrow frog has enough poison to kill about 2,200 people.
• Armadillos can walk under water.
• A single pig gave birth to 34 piglets in Denmark in 1961.
• Pigs will eat any Ben and Jerry's ice cream flavor but for one, Mint Oreo.
• The ferret (Musteia putorius furo) is a domestic pet. It is not a wild animal, though ferrets are descendants of the European polecat (weasel) and are, therefore, close relatives of skunks, mink, otters, and badgers.
• There are several varieties of ferrets, based on coloration. Fitch ferrets (the most popular) are buff-colored, with black masks, feet and tails. Albino ferrets are white, with pink eyes. There is also the Siamese ferret. The female ferret is called a "jill", while the male is called a "hob". Babies are "kits".
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