The ancestor of all domestic cats is the African Wild Cat which still exists today.
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When Washoe, the first chimp to use sign language, was told that her caretaker's baby had died, she signed "CRY."
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A group of unicorns is called a blessing.
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In 1955, the citizens of São Paulo were so upset with their government that they elected a rhinoceros named Cacareco (meaning rubbish) to the city council in protest, with over 100,000 votes.
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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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Dire wolves actually existed, living up to 10,000 years ago before going extinct.
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