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Did you know 1
![Opposable 'thumb' on male polydactyl cat.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Male_polydactyl_grey_house_cat_-_thumb.jpg/80px-Male_polydactyl_grey_house_cat_-_thumb.jpg)
- ...that a polydactyl cat (pictured) is a cat that has more than the usual number of toes on one or all of its paws?
- ...that Unsinkable Sam was a ship's cat of both the Kriegsmarine and Royal Navy during the Second World War who survived the sinking of all three ships on which he served?
- ...that Able Seaman Just Nuisance is the only dog to have been officially enlisted in the Royal Navy?
- ...that the Moscow Water Dog, developed as a water rescue dog, preferred to bite drowning people instead of saving them?
- ...from its discovery by John Edward Gray in 1850 until a re-assessment in 1981, the Clymene Dolphin was regarded as sub-species of the Spinner Dolphin.
- ...the Australian Snubfin Dolphin (Orcaella heinsohni) is a recently recognised species of dolphin first described in 2005.
Did you know 2
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- ....that Caracal (pictured) is very powerful for its size and has even been known to bring down a full grown adult Gazelle?
- ...that Snuppy the Afghan Hound is the world's first cloned dog?
- ...the male narwhal's tusk can be up to 3 metres in length and weigh up to 10 kilograms?
- ...the Voyager Golden Record carried into space whale songs, among other sounds?
- ...that 217 Dalmatians were used in the filming of 101 Dalmatians?
- ...that Scarlett the cat is a former stray cat whose efforts to save her kittens from a fire, at serious harm to herself, attracted worldwide media attention and has been related in a number of nonfiction books?
- ...that Dr. Johnson's cat Hodge has his own statue in Gough Square, London?
Did you know 3
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- ...that one burrow of the eastern chipmunk (pictured) was found to contain 390 acorns?
- .. that the Hare Indian dog, now extinct, was not known to bark, but puppies learned to imitate the barking of other dogs when the breed was introduced to Europe?
- ... that the rodents Thomasomys ucucha from Ecuador and Oxymycterus hucucha from Bolivia were both named after the local Quechua word for "mouse"?
- ...that the incisors of blesmols are visible even when their mouths are closed?
- ... that the pebble-mound mice of northern Australia construct mounds of stones around their burrows up to 10 m2 in area?
- ... that the stationmaster of the Kinokawa train station in Kinokawa, Japan was a cat named Tama?