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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Rattlesnake mating sessions have been known to last more than 22 hours.
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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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Dogs have been man's pet for over 14,000 years.
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There's a competition in Sweden called Kaninhoppning, or rabbit show jumping.
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The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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The Hercules beetle, despite weighing only 100 grams, can lift 8 kilograms, making it one of the proportionally strongest animals in the world.
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