The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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A lion in the wild usually makes no more than twenty kills a year.
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Sifrhippus was a species of horse about the size of an average duck and roamed North America 56 million years ago.
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A cat can jump FIVE TIMES as high as it is tall!
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Two dogs were among the Titanic survivors.
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Sandy, an African Penguin, has been in 'love' with her keeper at the Nuremburg zoo since 1996.
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Queen ants have one of the longest life-spans of any known insect - typically up to 30 years. Western harvester ant queens can live up to 40 years!
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Parrotfish make themselves a kind of mucus 'sleeping bag' which masks their smell from predators and keeps parasites away.
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