The station master and operating officer at the Kishi Station, Japan, is a cat!
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A newborn Chinese water deer is so small, it can (almost) be held in the palm of a hand.
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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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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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There's a phone app called RoboRoach that allows you to remotely control a cockroach through a chip that you to manually implant into the unwitting critter.
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One in three dog owners say they have talked to their pets on the phone.
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