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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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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The Basenji dog is the only dog that is not able to bark.
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Sloths take two weeks to digest their food.
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Sharks, like other fish, have their reproductive organs in their chests.
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Moths are unable to fly during an earthquake.
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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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