Dogs sometimes fake being sick to get attention.
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The Hercules beetle, despite weighing only 100 grams, can lift 8 kilograms, making it one of the proportionally strongest animals in the world.
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By putting a frog in a bucket of milk, scientists following up on an ancient Russian way of keeping milk from going sour have identified a wealth of new antibiotic substances.
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Christmas Island has bridges for crabs to stop them getting run over during the mass migration.
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Cats lose almost as much fluid in the saliva while grooming themselves as they do through urination!
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One in three dog owners say they have talked to their pets on the phone.
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In Australia, there are spiders big enough to eat snakes.
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