The ancestor of all domestic cats is the African Wild Cat which still exists today.
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Jellyfish as a species are actually older than dinosaurs and sharks.
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There was a bear called Wojtek who was adopted by Polish soldiers during WW2. It carried ammunition, wrestled with soldiers, and drank beer.
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It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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Sharks have been on the planet longer than trees.
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Gorillas can catch human colds and other illnesses.
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Baks the blind boxer has a seeing eye goose named Buttons; a four-year-old goose who leads the pup around everywhere either by hanging onto him with her neck, or by honking to tell him which way to go.
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