The CIA once spent $20 million on a cat equipped with gear to spy on the Soviets, but it was hit by a taxi.
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A hippo sleeping underwater automatically rises to the surface every ~4 minutes and breathes without waking.
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There's a competition in Sweden called Kaninhoppning, or rabbit show jumping.
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Alligator snapping turtles can live for over 150 years. Scientists know this because some of the turtles had musket balls in their stomachs.
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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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The seahorse is the only fish to have a neck.
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Sharks have been on the planet longer than trees.
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