Service dogs are trained to know when they are on duty. When their harness is on, they know they are at work. When you take it off they instantly become playful and energetic.
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The 'vintage date' on a bottle of wine indicates the year the grapes were picked, not the year of bottling!
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15% of snails survive digestion by birds and are found alive in their droppings, potentially leading to the spread of snail populations.
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The first two years of a dog's life are equal to 24 human years.
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The oldest known animal in the world was 'Ming' the 405 year old clam, discovered in 2007.
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Ants make up 1/10 of the total world animal tissue. The total biomass of all the ants on Earth is about equal to the total biomass of all the people.
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The most yolks ever found in one chicken egg was nine.
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The starfish is one of the few animals who can turn it's stomach inside-out!
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