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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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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The largest breed of rabbit is the Flemish Giant.
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The difference between antlers and horns is that antlers are shed each year and are made of bone while horns are kept for life and are made of living tissue and bone with a sheath that is very similar to human finger nails.
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A newborn Chinese water deer is so small, it can (almost) be held in the palm of a hand.
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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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The oldest known animal in the world was 'Ming' the 405 year old clam, discovered in 2007.
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A giraffe's kick is so powerful that it can decapitate a lion.
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