Using a remote-controlled camera, biologists caught dolphins getting high by sucking on puffer fish. They were even caught passing the puffer fish around.
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A domestic cat can sprint at about 31 miles per hour.
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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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A zoo in China gave a gay penguin couple the opportunity to raise a chick.
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Tigers can see 6 times better at night than humans.
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Cows as they are today never existed in the wild and were domesticated from aurochs some 10,500 years ago.
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When Koko, the gorilla famous for knowing sign language, was asked where gorillas go after death, she responded by signing “Comfortable hole, bye.”
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