There was a bear called Wojtek who was adopted by Polish soldiers during WW2. It carried ammunition, wrestled with soldiers, and drank beer.
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Squirrels will sometimes adopt orphaned baby squirrels that they’re related to.
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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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When a male gentoo penguin "falls in love" with a female penguin, he searches the entire beach to find the perfect pebble to present to her.
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It has been calculated that a single breath from a mature blue whale can inflate up to 2,000 balloons.
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There's a lizard known as the 'Jesus Lizard' that can run across water.
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The most expensive cow in the world was sold in 2009 for $1.2 million.
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