The elephant brain weighs about 6,000g.
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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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Drivers kill more deer than hunters do.
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In 1949, an official boxing match between a bear and a man was held. The bear won.
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The oldest recorded elephant lived for 82 years.
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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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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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