Parrot parents "name" their children with a signature call.
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Sheep, goats, octopuses, and toads have rectangular pupils.
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By putting a frog in a bucket of milk, scientists following up on an ancient Russian way of keeping milk from going sour have identified a wealth of new antibiotic substances.
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When dragonflies mate, their tails form a love heart.
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Whales and dolphins can't taste anything other than salt.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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Jaguars frequently get high by eating hallucinogenic roots, which also increases their senses for hunting.
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Moths are unable to fly during an earthquake.
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