It has been scientifically proven that stroking a cat can lower one's blood pressure!
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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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The most expensive dog in the world is the Tibetan Mastiff; worth $1.5 million.
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The oldest known animal in the world was 'Ming' the 405 year old clam, discovered in 2007.
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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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Nervous dogs wag their tails to the left, and happy dogs to the right (from the dog’s point of view) – and fellow canines pick up on this lop-sided tail language.
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Alligator snapping turtles can live for over 150 years. Scientists know this because some of the turtles had musket balls in their stomachs.
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