Cats recognise the voice of their owner, but never evolved to care.
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The reindeer is the only mammal that can see UV light.
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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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If a vampire bat goes 2 days without drinking blood, they can die. However, well fed female bats will puke up blood and share it with other bats that they like in exchange for grooming.
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Squirrels will sometimes adopt orphaned baby squirrels that they’re related to.
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The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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A group of pugs is called a grumble.
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In 1918, a homing pigeon saved over 190 American soldiers by delivering a message to nearby support despite having been shot through the breast, blinded in one eye, covered in blood, and with a leg hanging on by just a tendon.
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