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Topic: Animals

Fact Ants have been farming for tens of millions of years Fungus gardens, crop tending, pest control, and antibiotic-producing partners. 1 min read Fact An octopus has three hearts and nine brains, sort of Two thirds of its neurons are in its arms, and the arms can act without asking. 1 min read Fact Axolotls regrow limbs, organs and parts of their brain Without scarring, and repeatedly. 1 min read Fact Sharks are older than trees And older than Saturn's rings, on most current estimates. 1 min read Fact Mantis shrimp see differently, but probably not better Twelve colour receptor types to our three - and worse colour discrimination. 1 min read Fact One jellyfish can revert to a juvenile state Under stress, it does not die. It starts over. 1 min read Fact Some birds sleep with half their brain awake One eye open, literally, and it faces the direction danger comes from. 1 min read Fact Tardigrades survived direct exposure to open space Vacuum, radiation, no water. Some of them then laid viable eggs. 1 min read Fact Bananas are clones and the last variety was wiped out It has happened before. It is happening again. 1 min read Fact Bees understand the concept of zero A concept that took human mathematics thousands of years to formalise. 1 min read