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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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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Cows as they are today never existed in the wild and were domesticated from aurochs some 10,500 years ago.
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Jaguars frequently get high by eating hallucinogenic roots, which also increases their senses for hunting.
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On some poorly researched trivia lists it is stated as a fact that a pregnant goldfish is called a twit. This is not true as goldfish lay eggs.
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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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