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98 percent of North America's grizzly bear population lives in Alaska.

The red kangaroo is the largest marsupial in the world.

Wolves in the Arctic have to travel much longer distances than wolves in the forest to find food and will sometimes go for several days without eating.

A male horse is called a stallion. A female horse is called a mare.

In addition to being killed by people, the dodo was also affected by exposure to new animals. The sailors who arrived on Mauritius introduced new species to the island. They brought with them their domesticated animals, which preyed on the dodos, ate their eggs, and destroyed their natural habitat, leading to their extinction. These animals included dogs, pigs, cats, and rats. Due to their isolation, the dodo birds simply had no natural defenses and became extinct only 175 years after they were discovered.

Scientists believe that horses have evolved over the past 50 million years from much smaller creatures.

While most turtles don't tolerate the cold well, the Blanding's turtle has been observed swimming under the ice in the Great Lakes region.

Grey foxes can retract their claws like cats do.

Although there is some anecdotal evidence and a few skeletons to furnish us with many dodo bird facts, there are some things that have never been reported. There is no information whatsoever about the dodo’s mating habits, behaviors, or life expectancy. In that regard, the life cycle of a dodo seems deemed to remain an intriguing mystery forever.

Whales sleep by resting half of their brain at a time. That means they can still surface to breathe while they are sleeping.

An animated movie from 2008 named ‘Kung Fu Panda’ features a giant panda called ‘Po’.

Foxes have excellent hearing. Red foxes can reportedly hear a watch ticking 40 yards away!

Blue whales mainly catch their food by diving and they can descend to depths of approximately 500m.

The fastest recorded sprinting speed of a horse was 88 kph (55 mph).

Badgers on average weigh around 9 - 11 kg (20 - 24 lbs).

Wolf pups are born deaf and blind while weighing around 0.5 kg (1 lb). It takes about 8 months before they are old enough to actively join in wolf pack hunts.

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Chickens have beaks, similar to ducks.

Cobras are a medically important group of snakes due to the number of bites and fatalities they cause across their geographical range.

Cranes eat a range of items from small rodents, fish, amphibians, and insects to grain, berries, and plants.

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Yellow eyed penguins (or Hoiho) are endangered penguins native to New Zealand. Their population is believed to be around 4000.

Dodos did not have any natural predators.

The dodo was alive before the invention of the camera so for a long time, it was hard for us to know exactly what this bird looked like. To complicate matters, very few skeletal remains were found. Therefore, for centuries our understanding of the appearance of dodos was based on anecdotal evidence and amateur sketches. It was only in 2007 that a complete skeleton of a dodo bird was found, which could confirm many of the dodo bird facts. However, exact facts about the dodo’s plumage, girth and coloring are still in question.

Scorpion species range in size from 0.09 cm to 20 cm.