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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Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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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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Travis was a chimpanzee who socialized with humans since birth. He could log onto a computer to look at pictures, watch TV using a remote control, brush his teeth, feed hay to his owner's horses, water plants, and learned the schedule of passing ice cream trucks.
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An alligator can go through 2,000 to 3,000 teeth in a lifetime.
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A dog's naked behind leaves absolutely no bacteria when pressed against carpet.
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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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