A giraffe's kick is so powerful that it can decapitate a lion.
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A newborn Chinese water deer is so small, it can (almost) be held in the palm of a hand.
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Travis was a chimpanzee who socialized with humans since birth. He could log onto a computer to look at pictures, watch TV using a remote control, brush his teeth, feed hay to his owner's horses, water plants, and learned the schedule of passing ice cream trucks.
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Condoms were originally made of animal intestines or linen.
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The Platypus used to be considered a myth like Bigfoot and the Yeti.
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Parrotfish make themselves a kind of mucus 'sleeping bag' which masks their smell from predators and keeps parasites away.
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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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