It has been estimated that a bite from a grizzly bear can crush a bowling ball.
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In 1918, a homing pigeon saved over 190 American soldiers by delivering a message to nearby support despite having been shot through the breast, blinded in one eye, covered in blood, and with a leg hanging on by just a tendon.
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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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Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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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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Jellyfish as a species are actually older than dinosaurs and sharks.
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