The seahorse is the only fish to have a neck.
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There was a bear called Wojtek who was adopted by Polish soldiers during WW2. It carried ammunition, wrestled with soldiers, and drank beer.
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Vanilla flavoring is sometimes made with an ingredient from beaver pee.
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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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Some lizards, in which the tail is a major storage organ for accumulating reserves, will return to a dropped tail after the threat has passed, and will eat it to recover part of the sacrificed supplies.
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The oldest recorded elephant lived for 82 years.
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The octopus does not have a blind spot.
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