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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Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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Dolphins have names for one another.
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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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A lion in the wild usually makes no more than twenty kills a year.
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Mosquitoes prefer certain blood types, and people with the “O” blood type are more likely to get bitten.
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In the movie 'The Wizard Of Oz', Toto the dog's salary was $125 a week, while Judy Garland’s was $500 a week.
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