In 1949, an official boxing match between a bear and a man was held. The bear won.
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During World War 1, starving wolves amassed in such great numbers that Germans and Russians had a temporary cease fire to fight off the wolf attacks.
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Early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
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A scorpion can hold its breath for up to 6 days.
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The Hercules beetle, despite weighing only 100 grams, can lift 8 kilograms, making it one of the proportionally strongest animals in the world.
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Using a remote-controlled camera, biologists caught dolphins getting high by sucking on puffer fish. They were even caught passing the puffer fish around.
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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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