Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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The reindeer is the only mammal that can see UV light.
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Denmark has twice as many pigs as there are people.
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There is a sea snail that wears a suit of iron plated armor. It is the only known animal to use iron sulphide as skeletal material.
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A cat can jump FIVE TIMES as high as it is tall!
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Vampire bats adopt orphans, and are one of the few mammals known to risk their own lives to share food with less fortunate roost-mates.
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The station master and operating officer at the Kishi Station, Japan, is a cat!
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