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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The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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When Koko, the gorilla famous for knowing sign language, was asked where gorillas go after death, she responded by signing “Comfortable hole, bye.”
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An average cat has 1-8 kittens per litter and can have 2-3 litters per year. During her productive life, one female cat could have more than 100 kittens. A single pair of cats and their kittens can produce as many as 420,000 kittens in just 7 years.
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In Australia, there are spiders big enough to eat snakes.
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Lobsters have blue blood.
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A dairy cow can produce more milk when listening to music.
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There's a competition in Sweden called Kaninhoppning, or rabbit show jumping.
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