Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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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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Shark corneas are used in eye transplants and shark bone marrow can be used to graft human bones.
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The two oldest cats on record lived to 38 and 34 years old, both were owned by the same owner and lived off a diet of bacon, eggs, broccoli and coffee.
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Sloths take two weeks to digest their food.
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