Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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The Platypus used to be considered a myth like Bigfoot and the Yeti.
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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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Meysi is one of the world's smallest dogs, measuring in at just 7cm tall, 12cm long, and weighing a meagre 250 grams (only slightly heavier than a hamster!)
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Sharks have been on the planet longer than trees.
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A dork is a whale's penis.
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A cow produces around 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.
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The oldest creature ever found was Ming the clam at an admirable 507 years old.
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