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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Condoms were originally made of animal intestines or linen.
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The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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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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15% of snails survive digestion by birds and are found alive in their droppings, potentially leading to the spread of snail populations.
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