In 1918, a homing pigeon saved over 190 American soldiers by delivering a message to nearby support despite having been shot through the breast, blinded in one eye, covered in blood, and with a leg hanging on by just a tendon.
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The largest earthworm on record was found in South Africa and measured 22 feet.
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The male seahorse carries babies and 'gives birth' to them instead of the female.
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When a male honey bee climaxes during sex, his testicles explode and then he dies.
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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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Macaques monkeys in Japan learned to steal purses and wallets, take out the coins, and use them to buy drinks and snacks from vending machines.
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