Sifrhippus was a species of horse about the size of an average duck and roamed North America 56 million years ago.
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The oldest known animal in the world was 'Ming' the 405 year old clam, discovered in 2007.
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Bats sleep 18-20 hours per day.
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Ants have tiny magnetic compasses in their antennae which help them navigate.
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Nervous dogs wag their tails to the left, and happy dogs to the right (from the dog’s point of view) – and fellow canines pick up on this lop-sided tail language.
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Elephants are terrified of Bees and actually have a special, distinct vocalization for “Run away the Bees are angry”
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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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Shark corneas are used in eye transplants and shark bone marrow can be used to graft human bones.
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