The difference between antlers and horns is that antlers are shed each year and are made of bone while horns are kept for life and are made of living tissue and bone with a sheath that is very similar to human finger nails.
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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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Cymothoa exigua is a type of parasite that enters through fish's gills, eats their tongue, and then replaces it.
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Squirrels forget where they hide about half of their nuts.
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The cat brain weighs about 30g.
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The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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The most expensive cow in the world was sold in 2009 for $1.2 million.
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All pandas are ‘owned’ by China. They rent them out to zoos for $1mil/year each with minimum of 10 years.
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