Cats recognise the voice of their owner, but never evolved to care.
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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 male seahorse carries babies and 'gives birth' to them instead of the female.
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A newborn Chinese water deer is so small, it can (almost) be held in the palm of a hand.
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The Platypus used to be considered a myth like Bigfoot and the Yeti.
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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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Penguins have a gland above their eye that turns saltwater into freshwater.
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Alligator snapping turtles can live for over 150 years. Scientists know this because some of the turtles had musket balls in their stomachs.
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