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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A domestic cat can sprint at about 31 miles per hour.
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Mosquitoes don't just bite you, they also pee on you.
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Some lizards, in which the tail is a major storage organ for accumulating reserves, will return to a dropped tail after the threat has passed, and will eat it to recover part of the sacrificed supplies.
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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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