Honeybees never sleep.
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Parrot parents "name" their children with a signature call.
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The Slave-Maker Ant (Polyergus Rufescens) raids the nests of other ants and steals their pupae. When these new ants hatch,they work as slaves within the colony.
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The technical term for a cat’s hairball is a “bezoar.”
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In Turkish, the bird we call a Turkey is called "Hindi" ("from India"). In India, it's called "Peru." In Arabic, the bird is called "Greek chicken"; in Greek it's called "French chicken"; and in French it's called "Indian chicken." The bird is indigenous to none of these places.
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A woodpecker can peck twenty times a second.
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Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards.
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Cats and dogs can hear ultrasound.
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