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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There's a competition in Sweden called Kaninhoppning, or rabbit show jumping.
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Worker bees must visit around 4,000 flowers in order to make one tablespoon of honey.
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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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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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When a drone bee mates with a queen, its ejaculation is so powerful that it can even be heard by the human ear.
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When Washoe, the first chimp to use sign language, was told that her caretaker's baby had died, she signed "CRY."
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