15% of snails survive digestion by birds and are found alive in their droppings, potentially leading to the spread of snail populations.
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The most expensive cow in the world was sold in 2009 for $1.2 million.
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When Koko, the gorilla famous for knowing sign language, was asked where gorillas go after death, she responded by signing “Comfortable hole, bye.”
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Christmas Island has bridges for crabs to stop them getting run over during the mass migration.
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There was a bear called Wojtek who was adopted by Polish soldiers during WW2. It carried ammunition, wrestled with soldiers, and drank beer.
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It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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In 1949, an official boxing match between a bear and a man was held. The bear won.
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