Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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15% of snails survive digestion by birds and are found alive in their droppings, potentially leading to the spread of snail populations.
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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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It has been estimated that a bite from a grizzly bear can crush a bowling ball.
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Gorillas can catch human colds and other illnesses.
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Worker bees must visit around 4,000 flowers in order to make one tablespoon of honey.
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Baks the blind boxer has a seeing eye goose named Buttons; a four-year-old goose who leads the pup around everywhere either by hanging onto him with her neck, or by honking to tell him which way to go.
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