Dire wolves actually existed, living up to 10,000 years ago before going extinct.
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Christmas Island has bridges for crabs to stop them getting run over during the mass migration.
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The Hercules beetle, despite weighing only 100 grams, can lift 8 kilograms, making it one of the proportionally strongest animals in the world.
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Macaques monkeys in Japan learned to steal purses and wallets, take out the coins, and use them to buy drinks and snacks from vending machines.
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Early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
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