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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There's a young hippo and a 130+ year old tortoise in a Kenyan wildlife preserve who are best friends and they even sleep and play together.
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The Hercules beetle, despite weighing only 100 grams, can lift 8 kilograms, making it one of the proportionally strongest animals in the world.
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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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Vanilla flavoring is sometimes made with an ingredient from beaver pee.
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The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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Cats sleep for 70% of their lives.
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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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