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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Elephants are terrified of Bees and actually have a special, distinct vocalization for “Run away the Bees are angry”
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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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A group of kittens is called a "kindle".
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Unsinkable Sam (nickname of a German ship's cat) who served on 3 warships, one German, two British, all sank in action. The cat survived each sinking, floating away on wooden planks to rescue.
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Jaguars frequently get high by eating hallucinogenic roots, which also increases their senses for hunting.
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The ancestor of all domestic cats is the African Wild Cat which still exists today.
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Squirrels forget where they hide about half of their nuts.
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