The most expensive dog in the world is the Tibetan Mastiff; worth $1.5 million.
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The Lion's Mane Jellyfish is the largest jellyfish in the world. They have been swimming in arctic waters since before the dinosaurs (over 650 million years ago).
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When you shave a guinea pig it looks like a little hippo.
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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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A lion in the wild usually makes no more than twenty kills a year.
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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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Lobsters have blue blood.
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Sergeant Stubby was the only war dog to be promoted to sergeant through combat in WWI. He saved his regiment from surprise mustard gas attacks, found and comforted the wounded, and even once caught a German spy by the seat of his pants, holding him there until American Soldiers found him.
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