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...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.

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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?

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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?

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