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What animal in Pennsylvania, United States, supposedly predicts when spring will arrive each year?
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groundhog
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What animal produces the greatest share of the world's meat?
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pigs
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What animal produces the fiber used to make silk fabric?
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silk moth caterpillar
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Throughout East Asia, a pair of sculptures of what animal commonly guards the entrances of buildings?
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lions
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Once every 48-50 years in an event known as mautam, an entire forest of Melocanna baccifera bamboo blooms and covers the ground with its seeds, leading to a population explosion of what animal?
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rats
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In Greek mythology, the musician Arion was saved from drowning by what animal?
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dolphin
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The Hindu creator god Brahma rode on what animal?
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goose or swan
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In the Bible, what animal tempted Eve in the Garden of Eden?
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serpent
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According to legend, the founder of Rome was raised by what animal?
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wolf
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In East Asian folklore, what animal is portrayed as a cunning shape-shifter?
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fox
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What animal is considered sacred in Hinduism?
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cattle
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In one of Aesop's fables, what animal rescues a trapped lion?
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mouse
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Little Red Riding Hood was stalked by what animal?
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wolf
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What animal is the antagonist in The Jungle Book?
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tiger
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The main characters in Watership Down are what animal?
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rabbits
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Hannibal famously crossed the Alps with what animal?
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elephants
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In ancient and medieval Europe it was believed that what animal was immune to fire?
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salamander
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What animal made trade across the Sahara possible?
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camel
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What animal was introduced to North America in the 16th century and led to drastic changes in the lifestyles of many Native American groups?
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horse
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Depictions of North American frontiersmen often show them wearing hats made from the skin of what animal?
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raccoon
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Weird gray lumps of stuff occasionally wash up on beaches all over the world. Known as ambergris, it has been used since ancient times as incense, medicine, a perfume ingredient, and even a food additive. In the 19th century, we finally discovered where it comes from. It's an intestinal blockage from what animal?
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sperm whale
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Another perfume ingredient is castoreum, which comes from the nether regions of what animal? (Urban legends have claimed that it is added to food as an imitation vanilla, raspberry, or strawberry flavor, but this is false.)
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beaver
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The "Big Five" African animals considered the most difficult to hunt on foot are the elephant, rhinoceros, lion, leopard, and what?
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cape buffalo
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The giant bags that contained the lifting gas inside early airships were made of a material called goldbeater's skins, which are made from the intestines of what animal?
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cattle
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What was the first mammal successfully cloned from an adult somatic cell?
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sheep
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