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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Squirrels will sometimes adopt orphaned baby squirrels that they’re related to.
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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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There’s a bonobo named Kanzi who has learned to build a campfire and cook his own food.
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Condoms were originally made of animal intestines or linen.
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When you shave a guinea pig it looks like a little hippo.
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Some lizards, in which the tail is a major storage organ for accumulating reserves, will return to a dropped tail after the threat has passed, and will eat it to recover part of the sacrificed supplies.
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