In order to enhance the taste, Japanese macaque wash their food in salt water before they eat. They also make snowballs for fun!
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Cats are one of the only animals to domesticate themselves and approach humans on their own terms.
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The elephant brain weighs about 6,000g.
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In 2005, in Africa, it was reported that three lions rescued a 12-year-old girl from kidnappers and guarded her for half a day until help came.
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If a vampire bat goes 2 days without drinking blood, they can die. However, well fed female bats will puke up blood and share it with other bats that they like in exchange for grooming.
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During World War 1, starving wolves amassed in such great numbers that Germans and Russians had a temporary cease fire to fight off the wolf attacks.
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There’s a bonobo named Kanzi who has learned to build a campfire and cook his own food.
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Drivers kill more deer than hunters do.
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