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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’.