There was a bear called Wojtek who was adopted by Polish soldiers during WW2. It carried ammunition, wrestled with soldiers, and drank beer.
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Alligator snapping turtles can live for over 150 years. Scientists know this because some of the turtles had musket balls in their stomachs.
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Baks the blind boxer has a seeing eye goose named Buttons; a four-year-old goose who leads the pup around everywhere either by hanging onto him with her neck, or by honking to tell him which way to go.
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Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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Urechis unicinctus is a species of marine spoon worm that is widely referred to as the ‘penis fish’.
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When a drone bee mates with a queen, its ejaculation is so powerful that it can even be heard by the human ear.
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