Cows as they are today never existed in the wild and were domesticated from aurochs some 10,500 years ago.
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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 young hippo and a 130+ year old tortoise in a Kenyan wildlife preserve who are best friends and they even sleep and play together.
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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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Christmas Island has bridges for crabs to stop them getting run over during the mass migration.
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Tigers can see 6 times better at night than humans.
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