In order to enhance the taste, Japanese macaque wash their food in salt water before they eat. They also make snowballs for fun!
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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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Some lizards, in which the tail is a major storage organ for accumulating reserves, will return to a dropped tail after the threat has passed, and will eat it to recover part of the sacrificed supplies.
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The oldest recorded elephant lived for 82 years.
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In 1955, the citizens of São Paulo were so upset with their government that they elected a rhinoceros named Cacareco (meaning rubbish) to the city council in protest, with over 100,000 votes.
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Tigers can see 6 times better at night than humans.
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The seahorse is the only fish to have a neck.
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Cats are one of the only animals to domesticate themselves and approach humans on their own terms.
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