A newborn Chinese water deer is so small, it can (almost) be held in the palm of a hand.
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When you shave a guinea pig it looks like a little hippo.
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Lurch, a Watusi bull, had the largest horns in the world.
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The Pistol Shrimp can snap its claws together to create a sound of 218 decibels, louder than as supersonic jet at full speed. It only lasts for 1 millisecond. The snapping action also creates a bubble that is greater than 5000 Kelvin, close to the surface temperature of the sun.
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Dogs sometimes fake being sick to get attention.
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A puppy is born blind, deaf, and toothless.
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The oldest recorded elephant lived for 82 years.
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Cymothoa exigua is a type of parasite that enters through fish's gills, eats their tongue, and then replaces it.
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