Some lizards, in which the tail is a major storage organ for accumulating reserves, will return to a dropped tail after the threat has passed, and will eat it to recover part of the sacrificed supplies.
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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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Elephants are terrified of Bees and actually have a special, distinct vocalization for “Run away the Bees are angry”
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The difference between antlers and horns is that antlers are shed each year and are made of bone while horns are kept for life and are made of living tissue and bone with a sheath that is very similar to human finger nails.
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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 oldest recorded elephant lived for 82 years.
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The station master and operating officer at the Kishi Station, Japan, is a cat!
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Cows can sleep standing up, but they can only dream lying down.
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