The most expensive cow in the world was sold in 2009 for $1.2 million.
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15% of snails survive digestion by birds and are found alive in their droppings, potentially leading to the spread of snail populations.
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An alligator can go through 2,000 to 3,000 teeth in a lifetime.
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Cymothoa exigua is a type of parasite that enters through fish's gills, eats their tongue, and then replaces it.
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In 1918, a homing pigeon saved over 190 American soldiers by delivering a message to nearby support despite having been shot through the breast, blinded in one eye, covered in blood, and with a leg hanging on by just a tendon.
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The octopus does not have a blind spot.
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Crows living in some urban areas drop nuts into traffic to let the passing cars crush them, then they wait for the red lights to stop the traffic so they can grab and eat it.
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One reason that kittens sleep so much is because a growth hormone is released only during sleep.
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