By putting a frog in a bucket of milk, scientists following up on an ancient Russian way of keeping milk from going sour have identified a wealth of new antibiotic substances.
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Jellyfish as a species are actually older than dinosaurs and sharks.
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The ancestor of all domestic cats is the African Wild Cat which still exists today.
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There is a sea snail that wears a suit of iron plated armor. It is the only known animal to use iron sulphide as skeletal material.
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Vanilla flavoring is sometimes made with an ingredient from beaver pee.
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Sandy, an African Penguin, has been in 'love' with her keeper at the Nuremburg zoo since 1996.
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