There’s a bonobo named Kanzi who has learned to build a campfire and cook his own food.
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Rex the German Shepherd was a rescue dog with a bad temper. He refused to be fed by humans and would attack strangers, but he’s a changed dog after falling in love with Geraldine the goose!
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There is a sea snail that wears a suit of iron plated armor. It is the only known animal to use iron sulphide as skeletal material.
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It has been calculated that a single breath from a mature blue whale can inflate up to 2,000 balloons.
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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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Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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Urechis unicinctus is a species of marine spoon worm that is widely referred to as the ‘penis fish’.
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