Cats are one of the only animals to domesticate themselves and approach humans on their own terms.
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There's a lizard known as the 'Jesus Lizard' that can run across water.
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Female kangaroos have three vaginas.
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A group of kittens is called a "kindle".
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Nervous dogs wag their tails to the left, and happy dogs to the right (from the dog’s point of view) – and fellow canines pick up on this lop-sided tail language.
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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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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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