Cats are one of the only animals to domesticate themselves and approach humans on their own terms.
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Sheep, goats, octopuses, and toads have rectangular pupils.
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Rex the German Shepherd was a rescue dog with a bad temper. He refused to be fed by humans and would attack strangers, but he’s a changed dog after falling in love with Geraldine the goose!
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The difference between antlers and horns is that antlers are shed each year and are made of bone while horns are kept for life and are made of living tissue and bone with a sheath that is very similar to human finger nails.
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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 dragonflies mate, their tails form a love heart.
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Cats sleep for 70% of their lives.
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The Pistol Shrimp can snap its claws together to create a sound of 218 decibels, louder than as supersonic jet at full speed. It only lasts for 1 millisecond. The snapping action also creates a bubble that is greater than 5000 Kelvin, close to the surface temperature of the sun.
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