The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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A cow produces around 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.
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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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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 station master and operating officer at the Kishi Station, Japan, is a cat!
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