Dire wolves actually existed, living up to 10,000 years ago before going extinct.
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In order to enhance the taste, Japanese macaque wash their food in salt water before they eat. They also make snowballs for fun!
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Sifrhippus was a species of horse about the size of an average duck and roamed North America 56 million years ago.
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Travis was a chimpanzee who socialized with humans since birth. He could log onto a computer to look at pictures, watch TV using a remote control, brush his teeth, feed hay to his owner's horses, water plants, and learned the schedule of passing ice cream trucks.
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Sharks, like other fish, have their reproductive organs in their chests.
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The CIA once spent $20 million on a cat equipped with gear to spy on the Soviets, but it was hit by a taxi.
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Squirrels forget where they hide about half of their nuts.
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