The largest breed of rabbit is the Flemish Giant.
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The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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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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Mosquitoes don't just bite you, they also pee on you.
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Travis was a chimpanzee who socialized with humans since birth. He could log onto a computer to look at pictures, watch TV using a remote control, brush his teeth, feed hay to his owner's horses, water plants, and learned the schedule of passing ice cream trucks.
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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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Squirrels forget where they hide about half of their nuts.
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