Some lizards, in which the tail is a major storage organ for accumulating reserves, will return to a dropped tail after the threat has passed, and will eat it to recover part of the sacrificed supplies.
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The head of a jellyfish is called the "Bell."
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When a male honey bee climaxes during sex, his testicles explode and then he dies.
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Meysi is one of the world's smallest dogs, measuring in at just 7cm tall, 12cm long, and weighing a meagre 250 grams (only slightly heavier than a hamster!)
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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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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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Honeypot ants are a unique insect that use their own bodies as living storage pots of honey.
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