Cats and dogs can hear ultrasound.
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The ancestor of all domestic cats is the African Wild Cat which still exists today.
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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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The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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A group of unicorns is called a blessing.
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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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It has been estimated that a bite from a grizzly bear can crush a bowling ball.
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