Domestic pigs average a top speed of about 11 miles per hour.
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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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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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Honeypot ants are a unique insect that use their own bodies as living storage pots of honey.
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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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Dolphins can rapidly heal from extreme injuries, such as shark bites, and regenerate their original body shape.
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