The male seahorse carries babies and 'gives birth' to them instead of the female.
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There is a sea snail that wears a suit of iron plated armor. It is the only known animal to use iron sulphide as skeletal material.
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Tigers can see 6 times better at night than humans.
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When dragonflies mate, their tails form a love heart.
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15% of snails survive digestion by birds and are found alive in their droppings, potentially leading to the spread of snail populations.
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One in three dog owners say they have talked to their pets on the phone.
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When Washoe, the first chimp to use sign language, was told that her caretaker's baby had died, she signed "CRY."
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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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