Sheep, goats, octopuses, and toads have rectangular pupils.
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Worker bees must visit around 4,000 flowers in order to make one tablespoon of honey.
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The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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A newborn Chinese water deer is so small, it can (almost) be held in the palm of a hand.
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The ancestor of all domestic cats is the African Wild Cat which still exists today.
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Some lizards, in which the tail is a major storage organ for accumulating reserves, will return to a dropped tail after the threat has passed, and will eat it to recover part of the sacrificed supplies.
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The octopus does not have a blind spot.
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