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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Cows can sleep standing up, but they can only dream lying down.
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Dire wolves actually existed, living up to 10,000 years ago before going extinct.
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There's a phone app called RoboRoach that allows you to remotely control a cockroach through a chip that you to manually implant into the unwitting critter.
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There's a young hippo and a 130+ year old tortoise in a Kenyan wildlife preserve who are best friends and they even sleep and play together.
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Camels and llamas can cross breed. The offspring is called a ‘Cama’.
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The oldest known animal in the world was 'Ming' the 405 year old clam, discovered in 2007.
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