Squirrels will sometimes adopt orphaned baby squirrels that they’re related to.
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Ants have tiny magnetic compasses in their antennae which help them navigate.
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Sergeant Stubby was the only war dog to be promoted to sergeant through combat in WWI. He saved his regiment from surprise mustard gas attacks, found and comforted the wounded, and even once caught a German spy by the seat of his pants, holding him there until American Soldiers found him.
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Rex the German Shepherd was a rescue dog with a bad temper. He refused to be fed by humans and would attack strangers, but he’s a changed dog after falling in love with Geraldine the goose!
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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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It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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In 1949, an official boxing match between a bear and a man was held. The bear won.
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