A cat rubs against people not only to be affectionate but also to mark out its territory with scent glands around its face. The tail area and paws also carry the cat's scent.
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Tigers, leopards, and jaguars love "Calvin Klein's Obsession for Men". The scent is used to attract animals to cameras in the wilderness, and was even a turn on for one pair of Jaguars who were subject to it.
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Penguins have a gland above their eye that turns saltwater into freshwater.
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Honeypot ants are a unique insect that use their own bodies as living storage pots of honey.
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There was a bear called Wojtek who was adopted by Polish soldiers during WW2. It carried ammunition, wrestled with soldiers, and drank beer.
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Denmark has twice as many pigs as there are people.
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Cats recognise the voice of their owner, but never evolved to care.
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A lion in the wild usually makes no more than twenty kills a year.
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