Squirrels will sometimes adopt orphaned baby squirrels that they’re related to.
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Honeypot ants are a unique insect that use their own bodies as living storage pots of honey.
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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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When Koko, the gorilla famous for knowing sign language, was asked where gorillas go after death, she responded by signing “Comfortable hole, bye.”
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Whales and dolphins can't taste anything other than salt.
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A cat can jump FIVE TIMES as high as it is tall!
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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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Cymothoa exigua is a type of parasite that enters through fish's gills, eats their tongue, and then replaces it.
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