The most expensive cow in the world was sold in 2009 for $1.2 million.
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Some older/less efficient worker termites will develop 'backpacks' of toxic chemicals that explode when the termite is threatened. They are essentially used as suicide bombers when the colony is being attacked.
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Domestic pigs average a top speed of about 11 miles per hour.
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There’s a bonobo named Kanzi who has learned to build a campfire and cook his own food.
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Parrotfish make themselves a kind of mucus 'sleeping bag' which masks their smell from predators and keeps parasites away.
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Cymothoa exigua is a type of parasite that enters through fish's gills, eats their tongue, and then replaces it.
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The ancestor of all domestic cats is the African Wild Cat which still exists today.
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Jumping fleas can accelerate 50 times faster than the space shuttle.
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