Squirrels forget where they hide about half of their nuts.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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One reason that kittens sleep so much is because a growth hormone is released only during sleep.
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Denmark has twice as many pigs as there are people.
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There is a sea snail that wears a suit of iron plated armor. It is the only known animal to use iron sulphide as skeletal material.
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It has been scientifically proven that stroking a cat can lower one's blood pressure!
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In 2005, in Africa, it was reported that three lions rescued a 12-year-old girl from kidnappers and guarded her for half a day until help came.
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Sifrhippus was a species of horse about the size of an average duck and roamed North America 56 million years ago.
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