In 2011, a male tiger in India adopted a litter of orphaned cubs, taking on the role of ‘mother’. Wildlife officials say such behavior had never been observed before.
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Drivers kill more deer than hunters do.
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Cats lose almost as much fluid in the saliva while grooming themselves as they do through urination!
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When a male gentoo penguin "falls in love" with a female penguin, he searches the entire beach to find the perfect pebble to present to her.
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Some older/less efficient worker termites will develop 'backpacks' of toxic chemicals that explode when the termite is threatened. They are essentially used as suicide bombers when the colony is being attacked.
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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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A 42-foot sperm whale has about 7 tons of oil in it.
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