Gorillas can catch human colds and other illnesses.
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Denmark has twice as many pigs as there are people.
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Mosquitoes don't just bite you, they also pee on you.
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In 2011, a male tiger in India adopted a litter of orphaned cubs, taking on the role of ‘mother’. Wildlife officials say such behavior had never been observed before.
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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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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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Cats are one of the only animals to domesticate themselves and approach humans on their own terms.
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