Some lizards, in which the tail is a major storage organ for accumulating reserves, will return to a dropped tail after the threat has passed, and will eat it to recover part of the sacrificed supplies.
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The cat brain weighs about 30g.
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There's a young hippo and a 130+ year old tortoise in a Kenyan wildlife preserve who are best friends and they even sleep and play together.
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When cats are happy, they may squeeze their eyes shut.
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Vanilla flavoring is sometimes made with an ingredient from beaver pee.
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All pandas are ‘owned’ by China. They rent them out to zoos for $1mil/year each with minimum of 10 years.
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Cows can sleep standing up, but they can only dream lying down.
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