Christmas Island has bridges for crabs to stop them getting run over during the mass migration.
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In 1918, a homing pigeon saved over 190 American soldiers by delivering a message to nearby support despite having been shot through the breast, blinded in one eye, covered in blood, and with a leg hanging on by just a tendon.
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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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Sharks, like other fish, have their reproductive organs in their chests.
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Squirrels will sometimes adopt orphaned baby squirrels that they’re related to.
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The oldest creature ever found was Ming the clam at an admirable 507 years old.
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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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