There is a sea snail that wears a suit of iron plated armor. It is the only known animal to use iron sulphide as skeletal material.
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Vanilla flavoring is sometimes made with an ingredient from beaver pee.
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Gorillas can catch human colds and other illnesses.
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Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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Alligators can live up to 100 years.
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In Australia, there are spiders big enough to eat snakes.
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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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