Early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
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In 1918, a homing pigeon saved over 190 American soldiers by delivering a message to nearby support despite having been shot through the breast, blinded in one eye, covered in blood, and with a leg hanging on by just a tendon.
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Crows living in some urban areas drop nuts into traffic to let the passing cars crush them, then they wait for the red lights to stop the traffic so they can grab and eat it.
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A koi fish, named "Hanako", was owned by several individuals over many years and lived to be 226 years old, dying in 1977.
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The ancestor of all domestic cats is the African Wild Cat which still exists today.
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The largest earthworm on record was found in South Africa and measured 22 feet.
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