Honeybees have five eyes: two compound eyes and three simple ones.

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A lone honeybee (Apis mellifera) sits atop a hive.
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5 eyes

Honeybees have five eyes: two compound eyes and three simple ones.

Honeybees have five eyes: two large compound eyes and three small simple eyes called ocelli. The two kinds of eye provide different kinds of information about light and the surroundings.

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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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