Squirrels will sometimes adopt orphaned baby squirrels that they’re related to.
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When a drone bee mates with a queen, its ejaculation is so powerful that it can even be heard by the human ear.
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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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Denmark has twice as many pigs as there are people.
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A hippo sleeping underwater automatically rises to the surface every ~4 minutes and breathes without waking.
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A cow produces around 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.
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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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