The Savannah is the largest domestic cat breed. It resembles a small leopard and behaves like a dog. They can grow up to 40 lbs, have an eight foot vertical jump, and can be trained to walk on a leash and play fetch.
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The largest earthworm on record was found in South Africa and measured 22 feet.
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Allegedly, Chrysippus, the Greek philosopher, died of laughter after getting his donkey drunk and watching it try to eat figs.
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Early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
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Some lizards, in which the tail is a major storage organ for accumulating reserves, will return to a dropped tail after the threat has passed, and will eat it to recover part of the sacrificed supplies.
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Shark corneas are used in eye transplants and shark bone marrow can be used to graft human bones.
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The Basenji dog is the only dog that is not able to bark.
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The elephant brain weighs about 6,000g.
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