The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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There’s a bonobo named Kanzi who has learned to build a campfire and cook his own food.
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The reindeer is the only mammal that can see UV light.
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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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It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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When cats are happy, they may squeeze their eyes shut.
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