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Topic: Animals

Fact Crows remember faces and tell their friends Researchers wore masks. Years later, birds that were never captured still scolded the mask. 1 min read Fact A Greenland shark can be older than the United States One studied individual was estimated at close to 400 years. 1 min read Fact Wombats produce cube-shaped droppings Not moulded on the way out. Shaped by uneven stretching inside the intestine. 1 min read Fact Cats cannot taste sweetness The gene for it is broken in every cat, from housecat to tiger. 1 min read Fact Pigeons can tell a Monet from a Picasso And then correctly sort paintings they had never seen before. 1 min read Fact Horseshoe crab blood is used to test nearly every vaccine It is bright blue, and it clots on contact with bacterial contamination. 1 min read Fact Naked mole rats almost never get cancer and barely feel acid They are also cold-blooded mammals that live in colonies like ants. 1 min read Fact Elephants cannot jump There is no moment when all four feet leave the ground, ever. 1 min read Fact Sea otters have a favourite rock and a pocket for it A loose flap of skin under each foreleg, used as a tool bag. 1 min read Fact A sperm whale click is louder than a jet engine Loud enough that it has been suggested it could stun prey. 1 min read