Vultures fly without flapping their wings.
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One reason that kittens sleep so much is because a growth hormone is released only during sleep.
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A baby eel is called an elver, a baby oyster is called a spat.
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Turtles can live for more than 100 years.
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Nervous dogs wag their tails to the left, and happy dogs to the right (from the dog’s point of view) – and fellow canines pick up on this lop-sided tail language.
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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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Greyhounds have the best eyesight of any breed of dog.
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