15% of snails survive digestion by birds and are found alive in their droppings, potentially leading to the spread of snail populations.
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In 1949, an official boxing match between a bear and a man was held. The bear won.
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During World War 1, starving wolves amassed in such great numbers that Germans and Russians had a temporary cease fire to fight off the wolf attacks.
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Whales and dolphins can't taste anything other than salt.
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Sergeant Stubby was the only war dog to be promoted to sergeant through combat in WWI. He saved his regiment from surprise mustard gas attacks, found and comforted the wounded, and even once caught a German spy by the seat of his pants, holding him there until American Soldiers found him.
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Squirrels forget where they hide about half of their nuts.
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The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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