Early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
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The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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A cat rubs against people not only to be affectionate but also to mark out its territory with scent glands around its face. The tail area and paws also carry the cat's scent.
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There is a sea snail that wears a suit of iron plated armor. It is the only known animal to use iron sulphide as skeletal material.
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The oldest recorded elephant lived for 82 years.
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Jumping fleas can accelerate 50 times faster than the space shuttle.
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The two oldest cats on record lived to 38 and 34 years old, both were owned by the same owner and lived off a diet of bacon, eggs, broccoli and coffee.
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When you shave a guinea pig it looks like a little hippo.
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