The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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An average cat has 1-8 kittens per litter and can have 2-3 litters per year. During her productive life, one female cat could have more than 100 kittens. A single pair of cats and their kittens can produce as many as 420,000 kittens in just 7 years.
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A hippo sleeping underwater automatically rises to the surface every ~4 minutes and breathes without waking.
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Female kangaroos have three vaginas.
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The oldest recorded elephant lived for 82 years.
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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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There's a lizard known as the 'Jesus Lizard' that can run across water.
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