Vanilla flavoring is sometimes made with an ingredient from beaver pee.
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A newborn Chinese water deer is so small, it can (almost) be held in the palm of a hand.
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The oldest recorded elephant lived for 82 years.
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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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A giraffe's kick is so powerful that it can decapitate a lion.
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Cats and dogs can hear ultrasound.
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In 2011, a male tiger in India adopted a litter of orphaned cubs, taking on the role of ‘mother’. Wildlife officials say such behavior had never been observed before.
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