The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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Vanilla flavoring is sometimes made with an ingredient from beaver pee.
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The oldest known animal in the world was 'Ming' the 405 year old clam, discovered in 2007.
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Nervous dogs wag their tails to the left, and happy dogs to the right (from the dog’s point of view) – and fellow canines pick up on this lop-sided tail language.
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When a drone bee mates with a queen, its ejaculation is so powerful that it can even be heard by the human ear.
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Two dogs were among the Titanic survivors.
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When dragonflies mate, their tails form a love heart.
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