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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The ancestor of all domestic cats is the African Wild Cat which still exists today.
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Dogs sometimes fake being sick to get attention.
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One in three dog owners say they have talked to their pets on the phone.
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It has been scientifically proven that stroking a cat can lower one's blood pressure!
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A giraffe's kick is so powerful that it can decapitate a lion.
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Sergeant Stubby was the only war dog to be promoted to sergeant through combat in WWI. He saved his regiment from surprise mustard gas attacks, found and comforted the wounded, and even once caught a German spy by the seat of his pants, holding him there until American Soldiers found him.
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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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