Sergeant Stubby was the only war dog to be promoted to sergeant through combat in WWI. He saved his regiment from surprise mustard gas attacks, found and comforted the wounded, and even once caught a German spy by the seat of his pants, holding him there until American Soldiers found him.
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In the movie 'The Wizard Of Oz', Toto the dog's salary was $125 a week, while Judy Garland’s was $500 a week.
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George was the world's largest dog who weighed 233 pounds, stood at 43 inches tall from paw to shoulder, and ate 180 pounds of food a month.
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A newborn Chinese water deer is so small, it can (almost) be held in the palm of a hand.
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A lion in the wild usually makes no more than twenty kills a year.
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Cows as they are today never existed in the wild and were domesticated from aurochs some 10,500 years ago.
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