When dragonflies mate, their tails form a love heart.
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There is a sea snail that wears a suit of iron plated armor. It is the only known animal to use iron sulphide as skeletal material.
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The most expensive dog in the world is the Tibetan Mastiff; worth $1.5 million.
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A koi fish, named "Hanako", was owned by several individuals over many years and lived to be 226 years old, dying in 1977.
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The station master and operating officer at the Kishi Station, Japan, is a cat!
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A lion in the wild usually makes no more than twenty kills a year.
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Alligator snapping turtles can live for over 150 years. Scientists know this because some of the turtles had musket balls in their stomachs.
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