Sharks have been on the planet longer than trees.
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The reindeer is the only mammal that can see UV light.
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Nervous dogs wag their tails to the left, and happy dogs to the right (from the dog’s point of view) – and fellow canines pick up on this lop-sided tail language.
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All pandas are ‘owned’ by China. They rent them out to zoos for $1mil/year each with minimum of 10 years.
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When Koko, the gorilla famous for knowing sign language, was asked where gorillas go after death, she responded by signing “Comfortable hole, bye.”
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The largest earthworm on record was found in South Africa and measured 22 feet.
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Sifrhippus was a species of horse about the size of an average duck and roamed North America 56 million years ago.
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