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Do pandas eat anything besides bamboo?Pandas are descended from carnivores. Why do they eat an (almost) exclusively vegan diet?
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Humans heal much more slowly than chimps do. Researchers are still trying to figure out why.Researchers have found that wounds heal three times more slowly in humans than in other primates and rodents, suggesting we may have evolved slower healing at some point in our ancestry.
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How related are dire wolves and gray wolves? The answer might surprise you.Recent findings indicate that dire wolves and gray wolves are distantly related, having diverged about 5.7 million years ago and, as far as scientists can tell, never interbred since then.
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Chimps filmed sharing alcoholic food for first timeVideos of chimpanzees sharing alcoholic fruit suggest that this behavior could have led to feasting in humans, a new study finds.
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Why do cats bring home dead animals?Cats sometimes catch and leave a "gift" for their humans. But why do cats give us dead mice, birds or other prey?
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Watch bison flee as famous Yellowstone wolf pack descendsYellowstone's Junction Butte wolf pack failed in a recent attempt to kill a bison, but the pack appears to be thriving again after the death of its former alpha female, Wolf 907F.
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Primates: Facts about the group that includes humans, apes, monkeys and other close relativesDiscover interesting facts about the origins of primates, what they eat, and if they have thumbs.
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Zoo elephants form protective ring around young during California earthquakeThe San Diego Zoo Safari Park's elephants raced to protect their calves with an "alert circle" when a 5.2 magnitude earthquake struck Julian in Southern California.
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Why do kangaroos have 3 vaginas?Female kangaroos have one tail, two feet and three vaginas when they're giving birth.
