Cats are one of the only animals to domesticate themselves and approach humans on their own terms.
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Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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The ancestor of all domestic cats is the African Wild Cat which still exists today.
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Cows as they are today never existed in the wild and were domesticated from aurochs some 10,500 years ago.
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It has been scientifically proven that stroking a cat can lower one's blood pressure!
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By putting a frog in a bucket of milk, scientists following up on an ancient Russian way of keeping milk from going sour have identified a wealth of new antibiotic substances.
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Mosquitoes prefer certain blood types, and people with the “O” blood type are more likely to get bitten.
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There is a sea snail that wears a suit of iron plated armor. It is the only known animal to use iron sulphide as skeletal material.
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