Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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There's a lizard known as the 'Jesus Lizard' that can run across water.
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The most expensive cow in the world was sold in 2009 for $1.2 million.
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Alligator snapping turtles can live for over 150 years. Scientists know this because some of the turtles had musket balls in their stomachs.
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Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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On some poorly researched trivia lists it is stated as a fact that a pregnant goldfish is called a twit. This is not true as goldfish lay eggs.
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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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A group of kittens is called a "kindle".
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