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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Cymothoa exigua is a type of parasite that enters through fish's gills, eats their tongue, and then replaces it.
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The ancestor of all domestic cats is the African Wild Cat which still exists today.
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Jaguars frequently get high by eating hallucinogenic roots, which also increases their senses for hunting.
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Travis was a chimpanzee who socialized with humans since birth. He could log onto a computer to look at pictures, watch TV using a remote control, brush his teeth, feed hay to his owner's horses, water plants, and learned the schedule of passing ice cream trucks.
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Squirrels will sometimes adopt orphaned baby squirrels that they’re related to.
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The reindeer is the only mammal that can see UV light.
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