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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Parrotfish make themselves a kind of mucus 'sleeping bag' which masks their smell from predators and keeps parasites away.
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Squirrels forget where they hide about half of their nuts.
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The Platypus used to be considered a myth like Bigfoot and the Yeti.
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Cows can sleep standing up, but they can only dream lying down.
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Cats lose almost as much fluid in the saliva while grooming themselves as they do through urination!
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The colossal squid has the largest eyes in the world.
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