Cats are one of the only animals to domesticate themselves and approach humans on their own terms.
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Parrot parents "name" their children with a signature call.
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One in three dog owners say they have talked to their pets on the phone.
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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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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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There's a phone app called RoboRoach that allows you to remotely control a cockroach through a chip that you to manually implant into the unwitting critter.
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