Lobsters have blue blood.
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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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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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There’s a bonobo named Kanzi who has learned to build a campfire and cook his own food.
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A cat rubs against people not only to be affectionate but also to mark out its territory with scent glands around its face. The tail area and paws also carry the cat's scent.
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Jaguars frequently get high by eating hallucinogenic roots, which also increases their senses for hunting.
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Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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Jellyfish as a species are actually older than dinosaurs and sharks.
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