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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There’s a bonobo named Kanzi who has learned to build a campfire and cook his own food.
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When cats are happy, they may squeeze their eyes shut.
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In 1918, a homing pigeon saved over 190 American soldiers by delivering a message to nearby support despite having been shot through the breast, blinded in one eye, covered in blood, and with a leg hanging on by just a tendon.
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Sifrhippus was a species of horse about the size of an average duck and roamed North America 56 million years ago.
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A newborn Chinese water deer is so small, it can (almost) be held in the palm of a hand.
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