Shark corneas are used in eye transplants and shark bone marrow can be used to graft human bones.
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Dogs sometimes fake being sick to get attention.
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Worker bees must visit around 4,000 flowers in order to make one tablespoon of honey.
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The ancestor of all domestic cats is the African Wild Cat which still exists today.
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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 kittens is called a "kindle".
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In 2005, in Africa, it was reported that three lions rescued a 12-year-old girl from kidnappers and guarded her for half a day until help came.
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Unsinkable Sam (nickname of a German ship's cat) who served on 3 warships, one German, two British, all sank in action. The cat survived each sinking, floating away on wooden planks to rescue.
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