The ancestor of all domestic cats is the African Wild Cat which still exists today.
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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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Jellyfish as a species are actually older than dinosaurs and sharks.
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Urechis unicinctus is a species of marine spoon worm that is widely referred to as the ‘penis fish’.
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A cat can jump FIVE TIMES as high as it is tall!
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A cat rubs against people not only to be affectionate but also to mark out its territory with scent glands around its face. The tail area and paws also carry the cat's scent.
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It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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The elephant brain weighs about 6,000g.
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