There is a sea snail that wears a suit of iron plated armor. It is the only known animal to use iron sulphide as skeletal material.
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Whales and dolphins can't taste anything other than salt.
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The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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Dire wolves actually existed, living up to 10,000 years ago before going extinct.
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It has been calculated that a single breath from a mature blue whale can inflate up to 2,000 balloons.
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Travis was a chimpanzee who socialized with humans since birth. He could log onto a computer to look at pictures, watch TV using a remote control, brush his teeth, feed hay to his owner's horses, water plants, and learned the schedule of passing ice cream trucks.
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Tigers, leopards, and jaguars love "Calvin Klein's Obsession for Men". The scent is used to attract animals to cameras in the wilderness, and was even a turn on for one pair of Jaguars who were subject to it.
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Dogs have been man's pet for over 14,000 years.
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