The reindeer is the only mammal that can see UV light.
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Vampire bats adopt orphans, and are one of the few mammals known to risk their own lives to share food with less fortunate roost-mates.
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The station master and operating officer at the Kishi Station, Japan, is a cat!
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In 1955, the citizens of São Paulo were so upset with their government that they elected a rhinoceros named Cacareco (meaning rubbish) to the city council in protest, with over 100,000 votes.
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A lion in the wild usually makes no more than twenty kills a year.
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In order to enhance the taste, Japanese macaque wash their food in salt water before they eat. They also make snowballs for fun!
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Sifrhippus was a species of horse about the size of an average duck and roamed North America 56 million years ago.
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The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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