Random Animal Facts

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    Drivers kill more deer than hunters do.
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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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    Cows can sleep standing up, but they can only dream lying down.
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    Rats Laugh
    Rats Laugh
    Rats "laugh" when they are tickled.
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    Baks the blind boxer has a seeing eye goose named Buttons; a four-year-old goose who leads the pup around everywhere either by hanging onto him with her neck, or by honking to tell him which way to go.
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    Flatworms Mating
    Flatworms Mating
    When flatworms mate, two "males" use their bifurcated penises to fence one another. The winner, or the flatworm who stabs the other with its penis, remains a male while the loser becomes female.
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    A cat rubs against people not only to be affectionate but also to mark out its territory with scent glands around its face. The tail area and paws also carry the cat's scent.
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    Cows as they are today never existed in the wild and were domesticated from aurochs some 10,500 years ago.
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