Cows as they are today never existed in the wild and were domesticated from aurochs some 10,500 years ago.
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Shark corneas are used in eye transplants and shark bone marrow can be used to graft human bones.
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The most expensive dog in the world is the Tibetan Mastiff; worth $1.5 million.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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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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Domestic pigs average a top speed of about 11 miles per hour.
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