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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There's a competition in Sweden called Kaninhoppning, or rabbit show jumping.
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Jumping fleas can accelerate 50 times faster than the space shuttle.
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In 2011, a male tiger in India adopted a litter of orphaned cubs, taking on the role of ‘mother’. Wildlife officials say such behavior had never been observed before.
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Ants have tiny magnetic compasses in their antennae which help them navigate.
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Parrot parents "name" their children with a signature call.
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Cows as they are today never existed in the wild and were domesticated from aurochs some 10,500 years ago.
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