Ants have tiny magnetic compasses in their antennae which help them navigate.
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There's a competition in Sweden called Kaninhoppning, or rabbit show jumping.
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There's a phone app called RoboRoach that allows you to remotely control a cockroach through a chip that you to manually implant into the unwitting critter.
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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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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 Basenji dog is the only dog that is not able to bark.
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The octopus does not have a blind spot.
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