Dire wolves actually existed, living up to 10,000 years ago before going extinct.
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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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Whales and dolphins can't taste anything other than salt.
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It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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In 2011, a male tiger in India adopted a litter of orphaned cubs, taking on the role of ‘mother’. Wildlife officials say such behavior had never been observed before.
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