The ancestor of all domestic cats is the African Wild Cat which still exists today.
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Travis was a chimpanzee who socialized with humans since birth. He could log onto a computer to look at pictures, watch TV using a remote control, brush his teeth, feed hay to his owner's horses, water plants, and learned the schedule of passing ice cream trucks.
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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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The reindeer is the only mammal that can see UV light.
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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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A giraffe's kick is so powerful that it can decapitate a lion.
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Cats and dogs can hear ultrasound.
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The sound of a tiger's roar can travel a distance of up to 2 miles (~3 km).
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