Worker bees must visit around 4,000 flowers in order to make one tablespoon of honey.
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Christmas Island has bridges for crabs to stop them getting run over during the mass migration.
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A zoo in China gave a gay penguin couple the opportunity to raise a chick.
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Nervous dogs wag their tails to the left, and happy dogs to the right (from the dog’s point of view) – and fellow canines pick up on this lop-sided tail language.
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Mosquitoes prefer certain blood types, and people with the “O” blood type are more likely to get bitten.
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Crows living in some urban areas drop nuts into traffic to let the passing cars crush them, then they wait for the red lights to stop the traffic so they can grab and eat it.
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Queen ants have one of the longest life-spans of any known insect - typically up to 30 years. Western harvester ant queens can live up to 40 years!
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