The ancestor of all domestic cats is the African Wild Cat which still exists today.
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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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Unsinkable Sam (nickname of a German ship's cat) who served on 3 warships, one German, two British, all sank in action. The cat survived each sinking, floating away on wooden planks to rescue.
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The colossal squid has the largest eyes in the world.
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Jumping fleas can accelerate 50 times faster than the space shuttle.
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Using a remote-controlled camera, biologists caught dolphins getting high by sucking on puffer fish. They were even caught passing the puffer fish around.
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The oldest creature ever found was Ming the clam at an admirable 507 years old.
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Sharks, like other fish, have their reproductive organs in their chests.
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