When Washoe, the first chimp to use sign language, was told that her caretaker's baby had died, she signed "CRY."
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Some lizards, in which the tail is a major storage organ for accumulating reserves, will return to a dropped tail after the threat has passed, and will eat it to recover part of the sacrificed supplies.
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It has been scientifically proven that stroking a cat can lower one's blood pressure!
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Jaguars frequently get high by eating hallucinogenic roots, which also increases their senses for hunting.
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Baks the blind boxer has a seeing eye goose named Buttons; a four-year-old goose who leads the pup around everywhere either by hanging onto him with her neck, or by honking to tell him which way to go.
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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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A puppy is born blind, deaf, and toothless.
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