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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Sheep, goats, octopuses, and toads have rectangular pupils.
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Cats recognise the voice of their owner, but never evolved to care.
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The male seahorse carries babies and 'gives birth' to them instead of the female.
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There's a lizard known as the 'Jesus Lizard' that can run across water.
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Unsinkable Sam (nickname of a German ship's cat) who served on 3 warships, one German, two British, all sank in action. The cat survived each sinking, floating away on wooden planks to rescue.
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Sifrhippus was a species of horse about the size of an average duck and roamed North America 56 million years ago.
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It has been calculated that a single breath from a mature blue whale can inflate up to 2,000 balloons.
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