It has been estimated that a bite from a grizzly bear can crush a bowling ball.
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A hippo sleeping underwater automatically rises to the surface every ~4 minutes and breathes without waking.
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The oldest known animal in the world was 'Ming' the 405 year old clam, discovered in 2007.
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A puppy is born blind, deaf, and toothless.
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Nervous dogs wag their tails to the left, and happy dogs to the right (from the dog’s point of view) – and fellow canines pick up on this lop-sided tail language.
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All pandas are ‘owned’ by China. They rent them out to zoos for $1mil/year each with minimum of 10 years.
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In order to enhance the taste, Japanese macaque wash their food in salt water before they eat. They also make snowballs for fun!
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Elephants are terrified of Bees and actually have a special, distinct vocalization for “Run away the Bees are angry”
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