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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The elephant brain weighs about 6,000g.
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The Basenji dog is the only dog that is not able to bark.
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In 1949, an official boxing match between a bear and a man was held. The bear won.
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There was a bear called Wojtek who was adopted by Polish soldiers during WW2. It carried ammunition, wrestled with soldiers, and drank beer.
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The sound of a tiger's roar can travel a distance of up to 2 miles (~3 km).
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