Cymothoa exigua is a type of parasite that enters through fish's gills, eats their tongue, and then replaces it.
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The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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A cat can jump FIVE TIMES as high as it is tall!
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Elephants are terrified of Bees and actually have a special, distinct vocalization for “Run away the Bees are angry”
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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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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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Travis was a chimpanzee who socialized with humans since birth. He could log onto a computer to look at pictures, watch TV using a remote control, brush his teeth, feed hay to his owner's horses, water plants, and learned the schedule of passing ice cream trucks.
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