The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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Cats and dogs can hear ultrasound.
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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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Dire wolves actually existed, living up to 10,000 years ago before going extinct.
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Dogs sometimes fake being sick to get attention.
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Drivers kill more deer than hunters do.
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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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