The ancestor of all domestic cats is the African Wild Cat which still exists today.
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The two oldest cats on record lived to 38 and 34 years old, both were owned by the same owner and lived off a diet of bacon, eggs, broccoli and coffee.
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Ants have tiny magnetic compasses in their antennae which help them navigate.
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The Basenji dog is the only dog that is not able to bark.
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The oldest creature ever found was Ming the clam at an admirable 507 years old.
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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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