The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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Using a remote-controlled camera, biologists caught dolphins getting high by sucking on puffer fish. They were even caught passing the puffer fish around.
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Vanilla flavoring is sometimes made with an ingredient from beaver pee.
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There's a competition in Sweden called Kaninhoppning, or rabbit show jumping.
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The colossal squid has the largest eyes in the world.
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Cats lose almost as much fluid in the saliva while grooming themselves as they do through urination!
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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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