Ants have tiny magnetic compasses in their antennae which help them navigate.
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In the movie 'The Wizard Of Oz', Toto the dog's salary was $125 a week, while Judy Garland’s was $500 a week.
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The elephant brain weighs about 6,000g.
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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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The ancestor of all domestic cats is the African Wild Cat which still exists today.
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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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