Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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In 1955, the citizens of São Paulo were so upset with their government that they elected a rhinoceros named Cacareco (meaning rubbish) to the city council in protest, with over 100,000 votes.
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Worker bees must visit around 4,000 flowers in order to make one tablespoon of honey.
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Parrotfish make themselves a kind of mucus 'sleeping bag' which masks their smell from predators and keeps parasites away.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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The octopus does not have a blind spot.
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