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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A lion in the wild usually makes no more than twenty kills a year.
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Dire wolves actually existed, living up to 10,000 years ago before going extinct.
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An average cat has 1-8 kittens per litter and can have 2-3 litters per year. During her productive life, one female cat could have more than 100 kittens. A single pair of cats and their kittens can produce as many as 420,000 kittens in just 7 years.
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Honeypot ants are a unique insect that use their own bodies as living storage pots of honey.
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The Hercules beetle, despite weighing only 100 grams, can lift 8 kilograms, making it one of the proportionally strongest animals in the world.
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When dragonflies mate, their tails form a love heart.
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The most expensive cow in the world was sold in 2009 for $1.2 million.
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