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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If a vampire bat goes 2 days without drinking blood, they can die. However, well fed female bats will puke up blood and share it with other bats that they like in exchange for grooming.
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Sharks have been on the planet longer than trees.
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The oldest recorded elephant lived for 82 years.
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Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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Gorillas can catch human colds and other illnesses.
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A hippo sleeping underwater automatically rises to the surface every ~4 minutes and breathes without waking.
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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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