Unsinkable Sam (nickname of a German ship's cat) who served on 3 warships, one German, two British, all sank in action. The cat survived each sinking, floating away on wooden planks to rescue.
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During World War 1, starving wolves amassed in such great numbers that Germans and Russians had a temporary cease fire to fight off the wolf attacks.
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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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A hippo sleeping underwater automatically rises to the surface every ~4 minutes and breathes without waking.
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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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Squirrels will sometimes adopt orphaned baby squirrels that they’re related to.
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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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