Vampire bats adopt orphans, and are one of the few mammals known to risk their own lives to share food with less fortunate roost-mates.
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There's a young hippo and a 130+ year old tortoise in a Kenyan wildlife preserve who are best friends and they even sleep and play together.
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Some older/less efficient worker termites will develop 'backpacks' of toxic chemicals that explode when the termite is threatened. They are essentially used as suicide bombers when the colony is being attacked.
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Denmark has twice as many pigs as there are people.
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In Australia, there are spiders big enough to eat snakes.
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Camels and llamas can cross breed. The offspring is called a ‘Cama’.
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Only 3% of bird species have penises.
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