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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Squirrels will sometimes adopt orphaned baby squirrels that they’re related to.
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Parrot parents "name" their children with a signature call.
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Parrotfish make themselves a kind of mucus 'sleeping bag' which masks their smell from predators and keeps parasites away.
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The Platypus used to be considered a myth like Bigfoot and the Yeti.
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All pandas are ‘owned’ by China. They rent them out to zoos for $1mil/year each with minimum of 10 years.
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