Sloths take two weeks to digest their food.
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The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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Squirrels forget where they hide about half of their nuts.
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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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Nervous dogs wag their tails to the left, and happy dogs to the right (from the dog’s point of view) – and fellow canines pick up on this lop-sided tail language.
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Ants have tiny magnetic compasses in their antennae which help them navigate.
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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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