Dolphins sometimes have fun by blowing bubbles and creating rings of air underwater, which they then swim through.
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In 2011, a male tiger in India adopted a litter of orphaned cubs, taking on the role of ‘mother’. Wildlife officials say such behavior had never been observed before.
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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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Urechis unicinctus is a species of marine spoon worm that is widely referred to as the ‘penis fish’.
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A domestic cat can sprint at about 31 miles per hour.
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A tortoise named Adwaita lived to 255 years old. To put it into perspective, he was born before the United States of America existed and his death was announced on CNN (1750-2006).
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There's a phone app called RoboRoach that allows you to remotely control a cockroach through a chip that you to manually implant into the unwitting critter.
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Dire wolves actually existed, living up to 10,000 years ago before going extinct.
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