A scorpion can hold its breath for up to 6 days.
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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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A newborn Chinese water deer is so small, it can (almost) be held in the palm of a hand.
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Nervous dogs wag their tails to the left, and happy dogs to the right (from the dog’s point of view) – and fellow canines pick up on this lop-sided tail language.
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