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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Some older/less efficient worker termites will develop 'backpacks' of toxic chemicals that explode when the termite is threatened. They are essentially used as suicide bombers when the colony is being attacked.
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When you shave a guinea pig it looks like a little hippo.
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It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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A cow produces around 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.
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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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