The most expensive dog in the world is the Tibetan Mastiff; worth $1.5 million.
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A lion in the wild usually makes no more than twenty kills a year.
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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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Baks the blind boxer has a seeing eye goose named Buttons; a four-year-old goose who leads the pup around everywhere either by hanging onto him with her neck, or by honking to tell him which way to go.
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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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Early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
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Cats recognise the voice of their owner, but never evolved to care.
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