Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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Cows as they are today never existed in the wild and were domesticated from aurochs some 10,500 years ago.
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Rattlesnake mating sessions have been known to last more than 22 hours.
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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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The colossal squid has the largest eyes in the world.
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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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It has been calculated that a single breath from a mature blue whale can inflate up to 2,000 balloons.
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It's possible to train your cat to use the toilet as a litter box and even flush afterwards.
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