When you shave a guinea pig it looks like a little hippo.
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The male seahorse carries babies and 'gives birth' to them instead of the female.
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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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There was a bear called Wojtek who was adopted by Polish soldiers during WW2. It carried ammunition, wrestled with soldiers, and drank beer.
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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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The octopus does not have a blind spot.
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