Nervous dogs wag their tails to the left, and happy dogs to the right (from the dog’s point of view) – and fellow canines pick up on this lop-sided tail language.
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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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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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The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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The oldest creature ever found was Ming the clam at an admirable 507 years old.
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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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Shark corneas are used in eye transplants and shark bone marrow can be used to graft human bones.
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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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