Cows can sleep standing up, but they can only dream lying down.
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A puppy is born blind, deaf, and toothless.
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When the "Elephant Whisperer" Lawrence Anthony died, a whole herd of elephants arrived at his house to mourn him.
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The seahorse is the only fish to have a neck.
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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 ancestor of all domestic cats is the African Wild Cat which still exists today.
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