When cats are happy, they may squeeze their eyes shut.
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A tortoise named Adwaita lived to 255 years old. To put it into perspective, he was born before the United States of America existed and his death was announced on CNN (1750-2006).
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When you shave a guinea pig it looks like a little hippo.
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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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Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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All pandas are ‘owned’ by China. They rent them out to zoos for $1mil/year each with minimum of 10 years.
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