Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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Cats and dogs can hear ultrasound.
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Queen ants have one of the longest life-spans of any known insect - typically up to 30 years. Western harvester ant queens can live up to 40 years!
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Dogs have been man's pet for over 14,000 years.
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Penguins have a gland above their eye that turns saltwater into freshwater.
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The male seahorse carries babies and 'gives birth' to them instead of the female.
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In 1918, a homing pigeon saved over 190 American soldiers by delivering a message to nearby support despite having been shot through the breast, blinded in one eye, covered in blood, and with a leg hanging on by just a tendon.
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