In Australia, there are spiders big enough to eat snakes.
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Some older/less efficient worker termites will develop 'backpacks' of toxic chemicals that explode when the termite is threatened. They are essentially used as suicide bombers when the colony is being attacked.
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One reason that kittens sleep so much is because a growth hormone is released only during sleep.
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In 1949, an official boxing match between a bear and a man was held. The bear won.
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There's a lizard known as the 'Jesus Lizard' that can run across water.
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Lurch, a Watusi bull, had the largest horns in the world.
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Early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
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Dire wolves actually existed, living up to 10,000 years ago before going extinct.
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