Squirrels will sometimes adopt orphaned baby squirrels that they’re related to.
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Using a remote-controlled camera, biologists caught dolphins getting high by sucking on puffer fish. They were even caught passing the puffer fish around.
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Dolphins can rapidly heal from extreme injuries, such as shark bites, and regenerate their original body shape.
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By putting a frog in a bucket of milk, scientists following up on an ancient Russian way of keeping milk from going sour have identified a wealth of new antibiotic substances.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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Mosquitoes prefer certain blood types, and people with the “O” blood type are more likely to get bitten.
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