In 2005, in Africa, it was reported that three lions rescued a 12-year-old girl from kidnappers and guarded her for half a day until help came.
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Meysi is one of the world's smallest dogs, measuring in at just 7cm tall, 12cm long, and weighing a meagre 250 grams (only slightly heavier than a hamster!)
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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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The cat brain weighs about 30g.
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The largest earthworm on record was found in South Africa and measured 22 feet.
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Early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
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Crows living in some urban areas drop nuts into traffic to let the passing cars crush them, then they wait for the red lights to stop the traffic so they can grab and eat it.
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