Meysi is one of the world's smallest dogs, measuring in at just 7cm tall, 12cm long, and weighing a meagre 250 grams (only slightly heavier than a hamster!)
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Tigers can see 6 times better at night than humans.
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A zoo in China gave a gay penguin couple the opportunity to raise a chick.
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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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Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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The ancestor of all domestic cats is the African Wild Cat which still exists today.
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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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