When dragonflies mate, their tails form a love heart.
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A zoo in China gave a gay penguin couple the opportunity to raise a chick.
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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 sleep for 70% of their lives.
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The octopus does not have a blind spot.
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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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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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