A newborn Chinese water deer is so small, it can (almost) be held in the palm of a hand.
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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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Jaguars frequently get high by eating hallucinogenic roots, which also increases their senses for hunting.
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Jellyfish as a species are actually older than dinosaurs and sharks.
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During World War 1, starving wolves amassed in such great numbers that Germans and Russians had a temporary cease fire to fight off the wolf attacks.
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