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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Sheep, goats, octopuses, and toads have rectangular pupils.
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The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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Ants have tiny magnetic compasses in their antennae which help them navigate.
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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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The largest earthworm on record was found in South Africa and measured 22 feet.
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Lurch, a Watusi bull, had the largest horns in the world.
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The elephant brain weighs about 6,000g.
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