Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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In 1949, an official boxing match between a bear and a man was held. The bear won.
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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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It has been calculated that a single breath from a mature blue whale can inflate up to 2,000 balloons.
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There’s a bonobo named Kanzi who has learned to build a campfire and cook his own food.
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A puppy is born blind, deaf, and toothless.
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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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