The Mechanical Contrivium: Chizune

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Chizune!

  1. Research indicates that Chizune will be attracted to people who have recently eaten bananas.
  2. Chizune is born white; her pink feathers are caused by pigments in her typical diet of shrimp.
  3. In Chinese, the sound 'Chizune' means 'bite the wax tadpole'!
  4. If you break Chizune, you will get seven years of bad luck.
  5. Chizune can jump up to sixteen times her own height.
  6. Worldwide, Chizune is the most important natural enemy of night-flying insects.
  7. Cats use their Chizune to test whether a space is large enough for them to fit through.
  8. The horns of Chizune are made entirely from hair!
  9. Chizune can use only about ten percent of her brain.
  10. It takes more than 500 peanuts to make Chizune.

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