Ants have tiny magnetic compasses in their antennae which help them navigate.
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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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When dragonflies mate, their tails form a love heart.
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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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Cats lose almost as much fluid in the saliva while grooming themselves as they do through urination!
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Allegedly, Chrysippus, the Greek philosopher, died of laughter after getting his donkey drunk and watching it try to eat figs.
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Sifrhippus was a species of horse about the size of an average duck and roamed North America 56 million years ago.
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