In Australia, there are spiders big enough to eat snakes.
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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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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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There are approximately three chickens for every human on Earth.
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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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Nicole Kidman is scared of butterflies.
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