Nervous dogs wag their tails to the left, and happy dogs to the right (from the dog’s point of view) – and fellow canines pick up on this lop-sided tail language.
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A domestic cat can sprint at about 31 miles per hour.
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There’s a bonobo named Kanzi who has learned to build a campfire and cook his own food.
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Dolphins sometimes have fun by blowing bubbles and creating rings of air underwater, which they then swim through.
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In 1955, the citizens of São Paulo were so upset with their government that they elected a rhinoceros named Cacareco (meaning rubbish) to the city council in protest, with over 100,000 votes.
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Shark corneas are used in eye transplants and shark bone marrow can be used to graft human bones.
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When Koko, the gorilla famous for knowing sign language, was asked where gorillas go after death, she responded by signing “Comfortable hole, bye.”
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