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 tend to survive in a microwave because they find the coolest spot and wait!
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There is a sea snail that wears a suit of iron plated armor. It is the only known animal to use iron sulphide as skeletal material.
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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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When a drone bee mates with a queen, its ejaculation is so powerful that it can even be heard by the human ear.
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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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Bats sleep 18-20 hours per day.
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In the movie 'The Wizard Of Oz', Toto the dog's salary was $125 a week, while Judy Garland’s was $500 a week.
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