Worker bees must visit around 4,000 flowers in order to make one tablespoon of honey.
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The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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Vanilla flavoring is sometimes made with an ingredient from beaver pee.
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There was a bear called Wojtek who was adopted by Polish soldiers during WW2. It carried ammunition, wrestled with soldiers, and drank beer.
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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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An average cat has 1-8 kittens per litter and can have 2-3 litters per year. During her productive life, one female cat could have more than 100 kittens. A single pair of cats and their kittens can produce as many as 420,000 kittens in just 7 years.
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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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The cat brain weighs about 30g.
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