Cows as they are today never existed in the wild and were domesticated from aurochs some 10,500 years ago.
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Alligator snapping turtles can live for over 150 years. Scientists know this because some of the turtles had musket balls in their stomachs.
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Honeypot ants are a unique insect that use their own bodies as living storage pots of honey.
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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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Meysi is one of the world's smallest dogs, measuring in at just 7cm tall, 12cm long, and weighing a meagre 250 grams (only slightly heavier than a hamster!)
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The ancestor of all domestic cats is the African Wild Cat which still exists today.
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