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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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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A hippo sleeping underwater automatically rises to the surface every ~4 minutes and breathes without waking.
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Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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The Platypus used to be considered a myth like Bigfoot and the Yeti.
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Travis was a chimpanzee who socialized with humans since birth. He could log onto a computer to look at pictures, watch TV using a remote control, brush his teeth, feed hay to his owner's horses, water plants, and learned the schedule of passing ice cream trucks.
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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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