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if      (RandomNo < 50)  {document.write(" Desert ecosystems rely on nectar-feeding bats as primary pollinators of giant cacti, including the famous organ pipe and saguaro of Arizona. ");}
else if (RandomNo < 100) {document.write(" The heaviest snake on record is an Anaconda (Eunectes murinus) that was shot in Brazil in 1960. She was never officially weighed but scientist estimate that her 27 feet 9 inch length and her 44 inch girth must have put her over 500lbs! ");}
else if (RandomNo < 150) {document.write(" A cow produces 200 times more gas a day than a person. ");}
else if (RandomNo < 200) {document.write(" Pigs, walruses and light-colored horses can be sunburned. ");}
else if (RandomNo < 250) {document.write(" Wax bees secreate beeswax to build hexagonal honeycomb cells. ");}
else if (RandomNo < 300) {document.write(" The honey badger can withstand hundreds of african bee stings that would kill any other animal. ");}
else if (RandomNo < 350) {document.write(" In Malaysia, where barn owls were introduced to control plagues of rats, each barn owl family killed about 1,300 rats a year! ");}
else if (RandomNo < 400) {document.write(" In ancient Egypt, killing a cat was a crime punishable by death. ");}
else if (RandomNo < 450) {document.write(" The Nematode Caenorhabditis Elegans, ages the equivalent of five human years for every day they live, so they usually die after about fourteen days. When stressed, though, the worm goes into a comatose state that can last for two or more months. The human equivalent would be to sleep for about two hundred years. ");}
else if (RandomNo < 500) {document.write(" Never squash a Yellowjacket wasp near the nest. A dying Yellowjacket releases an alarm pheromone that alerts its comrades. In less than 15 seconds, Yellowjackets within a 15-foot radius will rally to the victim's aid. ");}
else if (RandomNo < 550) {document.write(" The worlds fattest cat was a neutered male tabby named 'Himmey' When Himmey died of respiratory failure he weighed a whopping 46 lbs 15.5 ounces! He had a 15 inch neck, was 38 inches long, and had a 33 inch waist. ");}
else if (RandomNo < 600) {document.write(" It takes one ounce of honey to fuel a bee's flight around the world. ");}
else if (RandomNo < 650) {document.write(" A crocodile can't move it's tongue. ");}
else if (RandomNo < 700) {document.write(" The smallest dog in history was a tiny Yorkie from Blackburn, England. At two years of age and fully grown this little dude was an incredible 2.5 inches tall by 3.75 inches long! He weighed only 4 ounces! HE was approximately the size of a matchbox. ");}
else if (RandomNo < 750) {document.write(" A capon is a castrated rooster. ");}
else if (RandomNo < 800) {document.write(" A chameleon can move its eyes in two directions at the same time. ");}
else if (RandomNo < 850) {document.write(" Parrots, most famous of all talking birds, rarely acquire a vocabulary of more than twenty words, however Tymhoney Greys and African Greys have been know to carry vocabularies in excess of 100 words. ");}
else if (RandomNo < 900) {document.write(" Parrots, most famous of all talking birds, rarely acquire a vocabulary of more than twenty words, however Tymhoney Greys and African Greys have been know to carry vocabularies in excess of 100 words. ");}
else if (RandomNo < 950) {document.write(" Under optimum conditions, one female cockroach can produce two million offspring in one year. Average breeding session produces 35,0000 offspring. ");}
else                     {document.write(" Red bats that live in tree foliage throughout most of North America can withstand body temperatures as low as 23 degrees F. during winter hibernation. ");}
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