Drivers kill more deer than hunters do.
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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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Dogs sometimes fake being sick to get attention.
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A hippo sleeping underwater automatically rises to the surface every ~4 minutes and breathes without waking.
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A koi fish, named "Hanako", was owned by several individuals over many years and lived to be 226 years old, dying in 1977.
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Cats and dogs can hear ultrasound.
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Sergeant Stubby was the only war dog to be promoted to sergeant through combat in WWI. He saved his regiment from surprise mustard gas attacks, found and comforted the wounded, and even once caught a German spy by the seat of his pants, holding him there until American Soldiers found him.
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