Some lizards, in which the tail is a major storage organ for accumulating reserves, will return to a dropped tail after the threat has passed, and will eat it to recover part of the sacrificed supplies.
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The male seahorse carries babies and 'gives birth' to them instead of the female.
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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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There are approximately three chickens for every human on Earth.
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When a male gentoo penguin "falls in love" with a female penguin, he searches the entire beach to find the perfect pebble to present to her.
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Dogs have been man's pet for over 14,000 years.
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A giraffe's kick is so powerful that it can decapitate a lion.
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