A giraffe usually has seven neck vertebrae, just like a human.

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Angolan giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis angolensis) female with young 2 months, Chobe National Park, Botswana
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A giraffe usually has seven neck vertebrae, just like a human.

A giraffe's enormous neck usually contains seven cervical vertebrae, the same count as a human neck. The difference lies chiefly in the length and construction of those bones, not in a chain of dozens of extra neck segments. Shared architecture can produce strikingly different proportions.

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Octopuses have three hearts and blue blood.

Octopuses have three hearts: two supply the gills and one supplies the rest of the body. Their oxygen-carrying protein contains copper and turns blue when oxygenated.

Common Wombat (Vombatus ursinus tasmaniensis) on Maria Island, Tasmania, Australia. The entire island is a national park, Maria Island National Park. The adult is just under a metre in length on average.
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Wombats poop cubes.

Wombats produce distinctly cube-like droppings, shaped inside the intestine rather than by a square opening. Research links the shape to differences in the mechanical properties of the intestinal wall.

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