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What are your favorite fun facts about animals? (lemmy.ml)

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-Elephants can't jump.

-Starfish don't brains.

-Cheetahs are almost literally giant housecats: they purr, they meow, they don't attack humans and are surprisingly easy to tame.

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[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 18 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Starfish don’t brains?

I like that cats know their own names, understand why we’re saying them, yet choose to ignore us on purpose.

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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmings.world 5 points 4 months ago

We had five cats, and they all knew each other's names.

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[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 months ago

No, starfish just.

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