There's a phone app called RoboRoach that allows you to remotely control a cockroach through a chip that you to manually implant into the unwitting critter.
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The CIA once spent $20 million on a cat equipped with gear to spy on the Soviets, but it was hit by a taxi.
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Gorillas can catch human colds and other illnesses.
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The male seahorse carries babies and 'gives birth' to them instead of the female.
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Dire wolves actually existed, living up to 10,000 years ago before going extinct.
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When dragonflies mate, their tails form a love heart.
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One reason that kittens sleep so much is because a growth hormone is released only during sleep.
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The oldest known animal in the world was 'Ming' the 405 year old clam, discovered in 2007.
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