The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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A dairy cow can produce more milk when listening to music.
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Dolphins have names for one another.
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Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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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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Condoms were originally made of animal intestines or linen.
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Some older/less efficient worker termites will develop 'backpacks' of toxic chemicals that explode when the termite is threatened. They are essentially used as suicide bombers when the colony is being attacked.
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The cat brain weighs about 30g.
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