Vanilla flavoring is sometimes made with an ingredient from beaver pee.
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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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The Lion's Mane Jellyfish is the largest jellyfish in the world. They have been swimming in arctic waters since before the dinosaurs (over 650 million years ago).
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Sifrhippus was a species of horse about the size of an average duck and roamed North America 56 million years ago.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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Vampire bats adopt orphans, and are one of the few mammals known to risk their own lives to share food with less fortunate roost-mates.
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