A newborn Chinese water deer is so small, it can (almost) be held in the palm of a hand.
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Squirrels will sometimes adopt orphaned baby squirrels that they’re related to.
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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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Dire wolves actually existed, living up to 10,000 years ago before going extinct.
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The oldest recorded elephant lived for 82 years.
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Cats are one of the only animals to domesticate themselves and approach humans on their own terms.
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