Worker bees must visit around 4,000 flowers in order to make one tablespoon of honey.
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Travis was a chimpanzee who socialized with humans since birth. He could log onto a computer to look at pictures, watch TV using a remote control, brush his teeth, feed hay to his owner's horses, water plants, and learned the schedule of passing ice cream trucks.
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Bats sleep 18-20 hours per day.
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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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Sergeant Stubby was the only war dog to be promoted to sergeant through combat in WWI. He saved his regiment from surprise mustard gas attacks, found and comforted the wounded, and even once caught a German spy by the seat of his pants, holding him there until American Soldiers found him.
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Cats recognise the voice of their owner, but never evolved to care.
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