The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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A cat can jump FIVE TIMES as high as it is tall!
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The difference between antlers and horns is that antlers are shed each year and are made of bone while horns are kept for life and are made of living tissue and bone with a sheath that is very similar to human finger nails.
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A zoo in China gave a gay penguin couple the opportunity to raise a chick.
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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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When you shave a guinea pig it looks like a little hippo.
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Sharks, like other fish, have their reproductive organs in their chests.
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