The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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There was a bear called Wojtek who was adopted by Polish soldiers during WW2. It carried ammunition, wrestled with soldiers, and drank beer.
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Dogs sometimes fake being sick to get attention.
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A lion in the wild usually makes no more than twenty kills a year.
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Unsinkable Sam (nickname of a German ship's cat) who served on 3 warships, one German, two British, all sank in action. The cat survived each sinking, floating away on wooden planks to rescue.
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When you shave a guinea pig it looks like a little hippo.
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It has been scientifically proven that stroking a cat can lower one's blood pressure!
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