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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The ancestor of all domestic cats is the African Wild Cat which still exists today.
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The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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Cats lose almost as much fluid in the saliva while grooming themselves as they do through urination!
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Ants have tiny magnetic compasses in their antennae which help them navigate.
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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 difference between antlers and horns is that antlers are shed each year and are made of bone while horns are kept for life and are made of living tissue and bone with a sheath that is very similar to human finger nails.
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When Koko, the gorilla famous for knowing sign language, was asked where gorillas go after death, she responded by signing “Comfortable hole, bye.”
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