Baks the blind boxer has a seeing eye goose named Buttons; a four-year-old goose who leads the pup around everywhere either by hanging onto him with her neck, or by honking to tell him which way to go.
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Sheep, goats, octopuses, and toads have rectangular pupils.
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Dire wolves actually existed, living up to 10,000 years ago before going extinct.
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There's a lizard known as the 'Jesus Lizard' that can run across water.
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Vampire bats adopt orphans, and are one of the few mammals known to risk their own lives to share food with less fortunate roost-mates.
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By putting a frog in a bucket of milk, scientists following up on an ancient Russian way of keeping milk from going sour have identified a wealth of new antibiotic substances.
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A group of kittens is called a "kindle".
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