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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When dragonflies mate, their tails form a love heart.
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There’s a bonobo named Kanzi who has learned to build a campfire and cook his own food.
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The station master and operating officer at the Kishi Station, Japan, is a cat!
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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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Domestic pigs average a top speed of about 11 miles per hour.
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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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