The difference between antlers and horns is that antlers are shed each year and are made of bone while horns are kept for life and are made of living tissue and bone with a sheath that is very similar to human finger nails.
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The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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There is a sea snail that wears a suit of iron plated armor. It is the only known animal to use iron sulphide as skeletal material.
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Dolphins can rapidly heal from extreme injuries, such as shark bites, and regenerate their original body shape.
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The station master and operating officer at the Kishi Station, Japan, is a cat!
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A dairy cow can produce more milk when listening to music.
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