In 1949, an official boxing match between a bear and a man was held. The bear won.
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There is a sea snail that wears a suit of iron plated armor. It is the only known animal to use iron sulphide as skeletal material.
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The elephant brain weighs about 6,000g.
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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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The oldest creature ever found was Ming the clam at an admirable 507 years old.
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A lion in the wild usually makes no more than twenty kills a year.
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