Dolphins can rapidly heal from extreme injuries, such as shark bites, and regenerate their original body shape.
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A newborn Chinese water deer is so small, it can (almost) be held in the palm of a hand.
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The Pistol Shrimp can snap its claws together to create a sound of 218 decibels, louder than as supersonic jet at full speed. It only lasts for 1 millisecond. The snapping action also creates a bubble that is greater than 5000 Kelvin, close to the surface temperature of the sun.
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When Koko, the gorilla famous for knowing sign language, was asked where gorillas go after death, she responded by signing “Comfortable hole, bye.”
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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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