The octopus does not have a blind spot.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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The ancestor of all domestic cats is the African Wild Cat which still exists today.
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When Koko, the gorilla famous for knowing sign language, was asked where gorillas go after death, she responded by signing “Comfortable hole, bye.”
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Tigers can see 6 times better at night than humans.
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A hippo sleeping underwater automatically rises to the surface every ~4 minutes and breathes without waking.
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Honeypot ants are a unique insect that use their own bodies as living storage pots of honey.
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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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