A domestic cat can sprint at about 31 miles per hour.
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Sheep, goats, octopuses, and toads have rectangular pupils.
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Sergeant Stubby was the only war dog to be promoted to sergeant through combat in WWI. He saved his regiment from surprise mustard gas attacks, found and comforted the wounded, and even once caught a German spy by the seat of his pants, holding him there until American Soldiers found him.
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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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Tigers, leopards, and jaguars love "Calvin Klein's Obsession for Men". The scent is used to attract animals to cameras in the wilderness, and was even a turn on for one pair of Jaguars who were subject to it.
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The reindeer is the only mammal that can see UV light.
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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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