Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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When the "Elephant Whisperer" Lawrence Anthony died, a whole herd of elephants arrived at his house to mourn him.
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It has been estimated that a bite from a grizzly bear can crush a bowling ball.
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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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The largest breed of rabbit is the Flemish Giant.
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Sifrhippus was a species of horse about the size of an average duck and roamed North America 56 million years ago.
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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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