There’s a bonobo named Kanzi who has learned to build a campfire and cook his own food.
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15% of snails survive digestion by birds and are found alive in their droppings, potentially leading to the spread of snail populations.
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Urechis unicinctus is a species of marine spoon worm that is widely referred to as the ‘penis fish’.
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Allegedly, Chrysippus, the Greek philosopher, died of laughter after getting his donkey drunk and watching it try to eat figs.
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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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Shark corneas are used in eye transplants and shark bone marrow can be used to graft human bones.
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Condoms were originally made of animal intestines or linen.
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Cymothoa exigua is a type of parasite that enters through fish's gills, eats their tongue, and then replaces it.
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