The Hercules beetle, despite weighing only 100 grams, can lift 8 kilograms, making it one of the proportionally strongest animals in the world.
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The CIA once spent $20 million on a cat equipped with gear to spy on the Soviets, but it was hit by a taxi.
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There’s a bonobo named Kanzi who has learned to build a campfire and cook his own food.
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The station master and operating officer at the Kishi Station, Japan, is a cat!
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Cats are one of the only animals to domesticate themselves and approach humans on their own terms.
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The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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