In Australia, there are spiders big enough to eat snakes.
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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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A cat rubs against people not only to be affectionate but also to mark out its territory with scent glands around its face. The tail area and paws also carry the cat's scent.
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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 Washoe, the first chimp to use sign language, was told that her caretaker's baby had died, she signed "CRY."
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Early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
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