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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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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A zoo in China gave a gay penguin couple the opportunity to raise a chick.
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A lion in the wild usually makes no more than twenty kills a year.
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Parrotfish make themselves a kind of mucus 'sleeping bag' which masks their smell from predators and keeps parasites away.
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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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One reason that kittens sleep so much is because a growth hormone is released only during sleep.
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A group of unicorns is called a blessing.
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