Early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
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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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When the "Elephant Whisperer" Lawrence Anthony died, a whole herd of elephants arrived at his house to mourn him.
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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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A dairy cow can produce more milk when listening to music.
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It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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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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