Worker bees must visit around 4,000 flowers in order to make one tablespoon of honey.
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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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There’s a bonobo named Kanzi who has learned to build a campfire and cook his own food.
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Sergeant Stubby was the only war dog to be promoted to sergeant through combat in WWI. He saved his regiment from surprise mustard gas attacks, found and comforted the wounded, and even once caught a German spy by the seat of his pants, holding him there until American Soldiers found him.
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The Basenji dog is the only dog that is not able to bark.
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The station master and operating officer at the Kishi Station, Japan, is a cat!
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