There's a phone app called RoboRoach that allows you to remotely control a cockroach through a chip that you to manually implant into the unwitting critter.
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Cats are one of the only animals to domesticate themselves and approach humans on their own terms.
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Honeypot ants are a unique insect that use their own bodies as living storage pots of honey.
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The Pistol Shrimp can snap its claws together to create a sound of 218 decibels, louder than as supersonic jet at full speed. It only lasts for 1 millisecond. The snapping action also creates a bubble that is greater than 5000 Kelvin, close to the surface temperature of the sun.
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Cows can sleep standing up, but they can only dream lying down.
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A zoo in China gave a gay penguin couple the opportunity to raise a chick.
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