There was a bear called Wojtek who was adopted by Polish soldiers during WW2. It carried ammunition, wrestled with soldiers, and drank beer.
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Macaques monkeys in Japan learned to steal purses and wallets, take out the coins, and use them to buy drinks and snacks from vending machines.
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The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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There are approximately three chickens for every human on Earth.
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Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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The male seahorse carries babies and 'gives birth' to them instead of the female.
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Baks the blind boxer has a seeing eye goose named Buttons; a four-year-old goose who leads the pup around everywhere either by hanging onto him with her neck, or by honking to tell him which way to go.
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