Using a remote-controlled camera, biologists caught dolphins getting high by sucking on puffer fish. They were even caught passing the puffer fish around.
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A giraffe's kick is so powerful that it can decapitate a lion.
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Cows as they are today never existed in the wild and were domesticated from aurochs some 10,500 years ago.
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The oldest recorded elephant lived for 82 years.
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A puppy is born blind, deaf, and toothless.
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A tortoise named Adwaita lived to 255 years old. To put it into perspective, he was born before the United States of America existed and his death was announced on CNN (1750-2006).
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The Pistol Shrimp can snap its claws together to create a sound of 218 decibels, louder than as supersonic jet at full speed. It only lasts for 1 millisecond. The snapping action also creates a bubble that is greater than 5000 Kelvin, close to the surface temperature of the sun.
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The male seahorse carries babies and 'gives birth' to them instead of the female.
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