Squirrels will sometimes adopt orphaned baby squirrels that they’re related to.
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Unsinkable Sam (nickname of a German ship's cat) who served on 3 warships, one German, two British, all sank in action. The cat survived each sinking, floating away on wooden planks to rescue.
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Sheep, goats, octopuses, and toads have rectangular pupils.
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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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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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The oldest creature ever found was Ming the clam at an admirable 507 years old.
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