A giraffe's kick is so powerful that it can decapitate a lion.
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Honeypot ants are a unique insect that use their own bodies as living storage pots of honey.
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Cows as they are today never existed in the wild and were domesticated from aurochs some 10,500 years ago.
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The colossal squid has the largest eyes in the world.
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A koi fish, named "Hanako", was owned by several individuals over many years and lived to be 226 years old, dying in 1977.
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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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Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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