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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By putting a frog in a bucket of milk, scientists following up on an ancient Russian way of keeping milk from going sour have identified a wealth of new antibiotic substances.
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There's a young hippo and a 130+ year old tortoise in a Kenyan wildlife preserve who are best friends and they even sleep and play together.
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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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It's possible to train your cat to use the toilet as a litter box and even flush afterwards.
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Jumping fleas can accelerate 50 times faster than the space shuttle.
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Vampire bats adopt orphans, and are one of the few mammals known to risk their own lives to share food with less fortunate roost-mates.
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