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Most mummified cats were religious offerings associated with Bastet. Worshippers dedicated them at temples to express devotion, request divine help or convey a message to the goddess.
Chameleons change colour to communicate, manage temperature and, in some situations, improve camouflage. They do it by rearranging pigments and microscopic crystals in their skin.
Flamingos are not born pink. Their colour comes from carotenoids in algae and small aquatic organisms, which their bodies process and deposit in growing feathers.
An octopus has two hearts that send blood through its gills and a third that supplies the body. This division of labour sustains blood flow through a demanding closed circulatory system.