There’s a bonobo named Kanzi who has learned to build a campfire and cook his own food.
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The station master and operating officer at the Kishi Station, Japan, is a cat!
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Cats sleep for 70% of their lives.
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Parrotfish make themselves a kind of mucus 'sleeping bag' which masks their smell from predators and keeps parasites away.
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In 2011, a male tiger in India adopted a litter of orphaned cubs, taking on the role of ‘mother’. Wildlife officials say such behavior had never been observed before.
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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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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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