The difference between antlers and horns is that antlers are shed each year and are made of bone while horns are kept for life and are made of living tissue and bone with a sheath that is very similar to human finger nails.
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Christmas Island has bridges for crabs to stop them getting run over during the mass migration.
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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 most expensive dog in the world is the Tibetan Mastiff; worth $1.5 million.
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When a drone bee mates with a queen, its ejaculation is so powerful that it can even be heard by the human ear.
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15% of snails survive digestion by birds and are found alive in their droppings, potentially leading to the spread of snail populations.
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