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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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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The ancestor of all domestic cats is the African Wild Cat which still exists today.
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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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The head of a jellyfish is called the "Bell."
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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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Alligators can live up to 100 years.
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