Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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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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A puppy is born blind, deaf, and toothless.
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Nicole Kidman is scared of butterflies.
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Squirrels will sometimes adopt orphaned baby squirrels that they’re related to.
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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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The world’s largest frog, the Goliath frog, can grow over 13 inches in length and can jump up to 10 feet in a single bound.
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