The station master and operating officer at the Kishi Station, Japan, is a cat!
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The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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Some older/less efficient worker termites will develop 'backpacks' of toxic chemicals that explode when the termite is threatened. They are essentially used as suicide bombers when the colony is being attacked.
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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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A newborn Chinese water deer is so small, it can (almost) be held in the palm of a hand.
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Sheep, goats, octopuses, and toads have rectangular pupils.
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