The Basenji dog is the only dog that is not able to bark.
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A zoo in China gave a gay penguin couple the opportunity to raise a chick.
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The Pistol Shrimp can snap its claws together to create a sound of 218 decibels, louder than as supersonic jet at full speed. It only lasts for 1 millisecond. The snapping action also creates a bubble that is greater than 5000 Kelvin, close to the surface temperature of the sun.
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Nicole Kidman is scared of butterflies.
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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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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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Cows as they are today never existed in the wild and were domesticated from aurochs some 10,500 years ago.
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