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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The ancestor of all domestic cats is the African Wild Cat which still exists today.
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Sheep, goats, octopuses, and toads have rectangular pupils.
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Camels and llamas can cross breed. The offspring is called a ‘Cama’.
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The octopus does not have a blind spot.
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It has been calculated that a single breath from a mature blue whale can inflate up to 2,000 balloons.
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The oldest creature ever found was Ming the clam at an admirable 507 years old.
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