Dire wolves actually existed, living up to 10,000 years ago before going extinct.
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The oldest recorded elephant lived for 82 years.
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If a vampire bat goes 2 days without drinking blood, they can die. However, well fed female bats will puke up blood and share it with other bats that they like in exchange for grooming.
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Vanilla flavoring is sometimes made with an ingredient from beaver pee.
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Travis was a chimpanzee who socialized with humans since birth. He could log onto a computer to look at pictures, watch TV using a remote control, brush his teeth, feed hay to his owner's horses, water plants, and learned the schedule of passing ice cream trucks.
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