Honeypot ants are a unique insect that use their own bodies as living storage pots of honey.
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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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Some older/less efficient worker termites will develop 'backpacks' of toxic chemicals that explode when the termite is threatened. They are essentially used as suicide bombers when the colony is being attacked.
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A domestic cat can sprint at about 31 miles per hour.
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Sandy, an African Penguin, has been in 'love' with her keeper at the Nuremburg zoo since 1996.
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Condoms were originally made of animal intestines or linen.
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It has been calculated that a single breath from a mature blue whale can inflate up to 2,000 balloons.
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