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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Nervous dogs wag their tails to the left, and happy dogs to the right (from the dog’s point of view) – and fellow canines pick up on this lop-sided tail language.
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Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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The Savannah is the largest domestic cat breed. It resembles a small leopard and behaves like a dog. They can grow up to 40 lbs, have an eight foot vertical jump, and can be trained to walk on a leash and play fetch.
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It has been estimated that a bite from a grizzly bear can crush a bowling ball.
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Domestic pigs average a top speed of about 11 miles per hour.
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