The ancestor of all domestic cats is the African Wild Cat which still exists today.
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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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When Koko, the gorilla famous for knowing sign language, was asked where gorillas go after death, she responded by signing “Comfortable hole, bye.”
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Squirrels will sometimes adopt orphaned baby squirrels that they’re related to.
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Cats recognise the voice of their owner, but never evolved to care.
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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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