The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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It has been scientifically proven that stroking a cat can lower one's blood pressure!
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During World War 1, starving wolves amassed in such great numbers that Germans and Russians had a temporary cease fire to fight off the wolf attacks.
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Dolphins have names for one another.
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An Indian man known as "Snake Manu" can put small snakes, including deadly cobras, into his mouth and pass them out through his nose.
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The oldest recorded elephant lived for 82 years.
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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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