Bats sleep 18-20 hours per day.
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Sergeant Stubby was the only war dog to be promoted to sergeant through combat in WWI. He saved his regiment from surprise mustard gas attacks, found and comforted the wounded, and even once caught a German spy by the seat of his pants, holding him there until American Soldiers found him.
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The ancestor of all domestic cats is the African Wild Cat which still exists today.
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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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In 2011, a male tiger in India adopted a litter of orphaned cubs, taking on the role of ‘mother’. Wildlife officials say such behavior had never been observed before.
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A newborn Chinese water deer is so small, it can (almost) be held in the palm of a hand.
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In Australia, there are spiders big enough to eat snakes.
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