When a drone bee mates with a queen, its ejaculation is so powerful that it can even be heard by the human ear.
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There’s a bonobo named Kanzi who has learned to build a campfire and cook his own food.
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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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Dolphins have names for one another.
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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 oldest known animal in the world was 'Ming' the 405 year old clam, discovered in 2007.
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The difference between antlers and horns is that antlers are shed each year and are made of bone while horns are kept for life and are made of living tissue and bone with a sheath that is very similar to human finger nails.
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Gorillas can catch human colds and other illnesses.
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