Some older/less efficient worker termites will develop 'backpacks' of toxic chemicals that explode when the termite is threatened. They are essentially used as suicide bombers when the colony is being attacked.
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Dogs have been man's pet for over 14,000 years.
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Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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Meysi is one of the world's smallest dogs, measuring in at just 7cm tall, 12cm long, and weighing a meagre 250 grams (only slightly heavier than a hamster!)
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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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Parrot parents "name" their children with a signature call.
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Sloths take two weeks to digest their food.
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Dolphins have names for one another.
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