A newborn Chinese water deer is so small, it can (almost) be held in the palm of a hand.
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There's a rare breed of pig that looks like a sheep.
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Some older/less efficient worker termites will develop 'backpacks' of toxic chemicals that explode when the termite is threatened. They are essentially used as suicide bombers when the colony is being attacked.
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Drivers kill more deer than hunters do.
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The ancestor of all domestic cats is the African Wild Cat which still exists today.
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Worker bees must visit around 4,000 flowers in order to make one tablespoon of honey.
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Dire wolves actually existed, living up to 10,000 years ago before going extinct.
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The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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