In order to enhance the taste, Japanese macaque wash their food in salt water before they eat. They also make snowballs for fun!
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One reason that kittens sleep so much is because a growth hormone is released only during sleep.
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There is a sea snail that wears a suit of iron plated armor. It is the only known animal to use iron sulphide as skeletal material.
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When the "Elephant Whisperer" Lawrence Anthony died, a whole herd of elephants arrived at his house to mourn him.
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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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The two oldest cats on record lived to 38 and 34 years old, both were owned by the same owner and lived off a diet of bacon, eggs, broccoli and coffee.
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Nicole Kidman is scared of butterflies.
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