Blue whale arteries are large enough for humans to swim through and their hearts are the size of cars.
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By putting a frog in a bucket of milk, scientists following up on an ancient Russian way of keeping milk from going sour have identified a wealth of new antibiotic substances.
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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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Cows as they are today never existed in the wild and were domesticated from aurochs some 10,500 years ago.
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Cymothoa exigua is a type of parasite that enters through fish's gills, eats their tongue, and then replaces it.
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When Koko, the gorilla famous for knowing sign language, was asked where gorillas go after death, she responded by signing “Comfortable hole, bye.”
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