Vanilla flavoring is sometimes made with an ingredient from beaver pee.
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There was a bear called Wojtek who was adopted by Polish soldiers during WW2. It carried ammunition, wrestled with soldiers, and drank beer.
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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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Dolphins sometimes have fun by blowing bubbles and creating rings of air underwater, which they then swim through.
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Cows as they are today never existed in the wild and were domesticated from aurochs some 10,500 years ago.
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Elephants are terrified of Bees and actually have a special, distinct vocalization for “Run away the Bees are angry”
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Jellyfish as a species are actually older than dinosaurs and sharks.
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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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