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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Cows as they are today never existed in the wild and were domesticated from aurochs some 10,500 years ago.
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Dire wolves actually existed, living up to 10,000 years ago before going extinct.
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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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Gorillas can catch human colds and other illnesses.
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