Sharks have been on the planet longer than trees.
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Sharks, like other fish, have their reproductive organs in their chests.
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Elephants are terrified of Bees and actually have a special, distinct vocalization for “Run away the Bees are angry”
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Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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A hippo sleeping underwater automatically rises to the surface every ~4 minutes and breathes without waking.
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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 Hercules beetle, despite weighing only 100 grams, can lift 8 kilograms, making it one of the proportionally strongest animals in the world.
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Moths are unable to fly during an earthquake.
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