The Platypus used to be considered a myth like Bigfoot and the Yeti.
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Vanilla flavoring is sometimes made with an ingredient from beaver pee.
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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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A giraffe's kick is so powerful that it can decapitate a lion.
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Drivers kill more deer than hunters do.
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There's a young hippo and a 130+ year old tortoise in a Kenyan wildlife preserve who are best friends and they even sleep and play together.
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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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An average cat has 1-8 kittens per litter and can have 2-3 litters per year. During her productive life, one female cat could have more than 100 kittens. A single pair of cats and their kittens can produce as many as 420,000 kittens in just 7 years.
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