The Platypus used to be considered a myth like Bigfoot and the Yeti.
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Sergeant Stubby was the only war dog to be promoted to sergeant through combat in WWI. He saved his regiment from surprise mustard gas attacks, found and comforted the wounded, and even once caught a German spy by the seat of his pants, holding him there until American Soldiers found him.
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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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During World War 1, starving wolves amassed in such great numbers that Germans and Russians had a temporary cease fire to fight off the wolf attacks.
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There's a young hippo and a 130+ year old tortoise in a Kenyan wildlife preserve who are best friends and they even sleep and play together.
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Urechis unicinctus is a species of marine spoon worm that is widely referred to as the ‘penis fish’.
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