Baks the blind boxer has a seeing eye goose named Buttons; a four-year-old goose who leads the pup around everywhere either by hanging onto him with her neck, or by honking to tell him which way to go.
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During World War 1, starving wolves amassed in such great numbers that Germans and Russians had a temporary cease fire to fight off the wolf attacks.
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Urechis unicinctus is a species of marine spoon worm that is widely referred to as the ‘penis fish’.
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Sifrhippus was a species of horse about the size of an average duck and roamed North America 56 million years ago.
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A 42-foot sperm whale has about 7 tons of oil in it.
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There’s a bonobo named Kanzi who has learned to build a campfire and cook his own food.
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On some poorly researched trivia lists it is stated as a fact that a pregnant goldfish is called a twit. This is not true as goldfish lay eggs.
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The difference between antlers and horns is that antlers are shed each year and are made of bone while horns are kept for life and are made of living tissue and bone with a sheath that is very similar to human finger nails.
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