Some lizards, in which the tail is a major storage organ for accumulating reserves, will return to a dropped tail after the threat has passed, and will eat it to recover part of the sacrificed supplies.
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The ancestor of all domestic cats is the African Wild Cat which still exists today.
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A giraffe's kick is so powerful that it can decapitate a lion.
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Denmark has twice as many pigs as there are people.
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The most expensive cow in the world was sold in 2009 for $1.2 million.
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Using a remote-controlled camera, biologists caught dolphins getting high by sucking on puffer fish. They were even caught passing the puffer fish around.
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Jaguars frequently get high by eating hallucinogenic roots, which also increases their senses for hunting.
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Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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