Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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By putting a frog in a bucket of milk, scientists following up on an ancient Russian way of keeping milk from going sour have identified a wealth of new antibiotic substances.
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The oldest recorded elephant lived for 82 years.
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Drivers kill more deer than hunters do.
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Dogs sometimes fake being sick to get attention.
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Only 3% of bird species have penises.
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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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