Some lizards, in which the tail is a major storage organ for accumulating reserves, will return to a dropped tail after the threat has passed, and will eat it to recover part of the sacrificed supplies.
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During World War 1, starving wolves amassed in such great numbers that Germans and Russians had a temporary cease fire to fight off the wolf attacks.
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The oldest creature ever found was Ming the clam at an admirable 507 years old.
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Urechis unicinctus is a species of marine spoon worm that is widely referred to as the ‘penis fish’.
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Vanilla flavoring is sometimes made with an ingredient from beaver pee.
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