There’s a bonobo named Kanzi who has learned to build a campfire and cook his own food.
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The station master and operating officer at the Kishi Station, Japan, is a cat!
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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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Unsinkable Sam (nickname of a German ship's cat) who served on 3 warships, one German, two British, all sank in action. The cat survived each sinking, floating away on wooden planks to rescue.
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The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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A puppy is born blind, deaf, and toothless.
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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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