Dire wolves actually existed, living up to 10,000 years ago before going extinct.
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Some lizards, in which the tail is a major storage organ for accumulating reserves, will return to a dropped tail after the threat has passed, and will eat it to recover part of the sacrificed supplies.
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A giraffe's kick is so powerful that it can decapitate a lion.
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Denmark has twice as many pigs as there are people.
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Early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
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Unsinkable Sam (nickname of a German ship's cat) who served on 3 warships, one German, two British, all sank in action. The cat survived each sinking, floating away on wooden planks to rescue.
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The most expensive cow in the world was sold in 2009 for $1.2 million.
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