In order to enhance the taste, Japanese macaque wash their food in salt water before they eat. They also make snowballs for fun!
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When dragonflies mate, their tails form a love heart.
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Domestic pigs average a top speed of about 11 miles per hour.
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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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In 1949, an official boxing match between a bear and a man was held. The bear won.
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In 2011, a male tiger in India adopted a litter of orphaned cubs, taking on the role of ‘mother’. Wildlife officials say such behavior had never been observed before.
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