Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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In 2005, in Africa, it was reported that three lions rescued a 12-year-old girl from kidnappers and guarded her for half a day until help came.
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Cats are one of the only animals to domesticate themselves and approach humans on their own terms.
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Vanilla flavoring is sometimes made with an ingredient from beaver pee.
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An Indian man known as "Snake Manu" can put small snakes, including deadly cobras, into his mouth and pass them out through his nose.
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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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