Vanilla flavoring is sometimes made with an ingredient from beaver pee.
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Sharks, like other fish, have their reproductive organs in their chests.
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A newborn Chinese water deer is so small, it can (almost) be held in the palm of a hand.
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When Koko, the gorilla famous for knowing sign language, was asked where gorillas go after death, she responded by signing “Comfortable hole, bye.”
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The elephant brain weighs about 6,000g.
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The difference between antlers and horns is that antlers are shed each year and are made of bone while horns are kept for life and are made of living tissue and bone with a sheath that is very similar to human finger nails.
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When the "Elephant Whisperer" Lawrence Anthony died, a whole herd of elephants arrived at his house to mourn him.
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