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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The reindeer is the only mammal that can see UV light.
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Sheep, goats, octopuses, and toads have rectangular pupils.
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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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A giraffe's kick is so powerful that it can decapitate a lion.
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Queen ants have one of the longest life-spans of any known insect - typically up to 30 years. Western harvester ant queens can live up to 40 years!
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Squirrels forget where they hide about half of their nuts.
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