Dire wolves actually existed, living up to 10,000 years ago before going extinct.
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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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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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Camels and llamas can cross breed. The offspring is called a ‘Cama’.
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In 2005, in Africa, it was reported that three lions rescued a 12-year-old girl from kidnappers and guarded her for half a day until help came.
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The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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