Macaques monkeys in Japan learned to steal purses and wallets, take out the coins, and use them to buy drinks and snacks from vending machines.
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Baks the blind boxer has a seeing eye goose named Buttons; a four-year-old goose who leads the pup around everywhere either by hanging onto him with her neck, or by honking to tell him which way to go.
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A domestic cat can sprint at about 31 miles per hour.
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Some older/less efficient worker termites will develop 'backpacks' of toxic chemicals that explode when the termite is threatened. They are essentially used as suicide bombers when the colony is being attacked.
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A newborn Chinese water deer is so small, it can (almost) be held in the palm of a hand.
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Jumping fleas can accelerate 50 times faster than the space shuttle.
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A koi fish, named "Hanako", was owned by several individuals over many years and lived to be 226 years old, dying in 1977.
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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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