Dire wolves actually existed, living up to 10,000 years ago before going extinct.
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Ants began farming about 50 million years before humans thought to raise their own crops.
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There's a young hippo and a 130+ year old tortoise in a Kenyan wildlife preserve who are best friends and they even sleep and play together.
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When a giraffe's baby is born it falls from a height of six feet, normally without being hurt.
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Goldfish lose their color if they are kept in dim light or are placed in a body of running water, such as a stream.
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A group of ferrets is called a business.
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Travis was a chimpanzee who socialized with humans since birth. He could log onto a computer to look at pictures, watch TV using a remote control, brush his teeth, feed hay to his owner's horses, water plants, and learned the schedule of passing ice cream trucks.
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Some farmers in Kenya are using elephants' natural fear of bees and building "beehive fences" that keep wild elephants from trampling the crops. It keeps the farms safe, and prevents farmers from having to kill elephants to defend their livelihood!
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