Elephants are terrified of Bees and actually have a special, distinct vocalization for “Run away the Bees are angry”
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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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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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A cow produces around 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.
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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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By putting a frog in a bucket of milk, scientists following up on an ancient Russian way of keeping milk from going sour have identified a wealth of new antibiotic substances.
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