Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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Dogs sometimes fake being sick to get attention.
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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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The Pistol Shrimp can snap its claws together to create a sound of 218 decibels, louder than as supersonic jet at full speed. It only lasts for 1 millisecond. The snapping action also creates a bubble that is greater than 5000 Kelvin, close to the surface temperature of the sun.
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Domestic pigs average a top speed of about 11 miles per hour.
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Worker bees must visit around 4,000 flowers in order to make one tablespoon of honey.
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