The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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Cows as they are today never existed in the wild and were domesticated from aurochs some 10,500 years ago.
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When a drone bee mates with a queen, its ejaculation is so powerful that it can even be heard by the human ear.
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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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Sandy, an African Penguin, has been in 'love' with her keeper at the Nuremburg zoo since 1996.
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Lurch, a Watusi bull, had the largest horns in the world.
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