Random Animal Facts

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    Cows can sleep standing up, but they can only dream lying down.
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    Honeypot ants are a unique insect that use their own bodies as living storage pots of honey.
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    Free Willy
    Free Willy
    After being in captivity for 23 years, the orca from Free Willy, Keiko, was set free in 2002. Weeks later, he appeared at a Norwegian fjord apparently seeking human contact and even gave rides to children on his back.
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    In 1949, an official boxing match between a bear and a man was held. The bear won.
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    Drivers kill more deer than hunters do.
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    Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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    Giant River Otter
    Giant River Otter
    Giant river otters still exist in three remote river systems in South America. They can grow to almost 6 feet in length, hunt in packs, and even take on caimans.
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    Russian Bear Dog
    Russian Bear Dog
    Caucasian Mountain Dog (aka Russian Bear Dog) males reach over 200lb and have historically been used to hunt bears.
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