Vampire bats adopt orphans, and are one of the few mammals known to risk their own lives to share food with less fortunate roost-mates.
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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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The oldest creature ever found was Ming the clam at an admirable 507 years old.
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The male seahorse carries babies and 'gives birth' to them instead of the female.
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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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