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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A dairy cow can produce more milk when listening to music.
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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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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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The oldest creature ever found was Ming the clam at an admirable 507 years old.
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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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It has been estimated that a bite from a grizzly bear can crush a bowling ball.
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The male seahorse carries babies and 'gives birth' to them instead of the female.
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