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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Vampire bats adopt orphans, and are one of the few mammals known to risk their own lives to share food with less fortunate roost-mates.
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When a drone bee mates with a queen, its ejaculation is so powerful that it can even be heard by the human ear.
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A hippo sleeping underwater automatically rises to the surface every ~4 minutes and breathes without waking.
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A dog's naked behind leaves absolutely no bacteria when pressed against carpet.
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Some lizards, in which the tail is a major storage organ for accumulating reserves, will return to a dropped tail after the threat has passed, and will eat it to recover part of the sacrificed supplies.
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Penguins have a gland above their eye that turns saltwater into freshwater.
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