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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Domestic pigs average a top speed of about 11 miles per hour.
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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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When cats are happy, they may squeeze their eyes shut.
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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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The largest breed of rabbit is the Flemish Giant.
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The Hercules beetle, despite weighing only 100 grams, can lift 8 kilograms, making it one of the proportionally strongest animals in the world.
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