Squirrels will sometimes adopt orphaned baby squirrels that they’re related to.
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Sifrhippus was a species of horse about the size of an average duck and roamed North America 56 million years ago.
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Dire wolves actually existed, living up to 10,000 years ago before going extinct.
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When the "Elephant Whisperer" Lawrence Anthony died, a whole herd of elephants arrived at his house to mourn him.
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Baks the blind boxer has a seeing eye goose named Buttons; a four-year-old goose who leads the pup around everywhere either by hanging onto him with her neck, or by honking to tell him which way to go.
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The two oldest cats on record lived to 38 and 34 years old, both were owned by the same owner and lived off a diet of bacon, eggs, broccoli and coffee.
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The ancestor of all domestic cats is the African Wild Cat which still exists today.
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