Whales and dolphins can't taste anything other than salt.
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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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Honeypot ants are a unique insect that use their own bodies as living storage pots of honey.
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The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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If a vampire bat goes 2 days without drinking blood, they can die. However, well fed female bats will puke up blood and share it with other bats that they like in exchange for grooming.
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Penguins have a gland above their eye that turns saltwater into freshwater.
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The most expensive dog in the world is the Tibetan Mastiff; worth $1.5 million.
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The Hercules beetle, despite weighing only 100 grams, can lift 8 kilograms, making it one of the proportionally strongest animals in the world.
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