Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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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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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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The cat brain weighs about 30g.
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The sound of a tiger's roar can travel a distance of up to 2 miles (~3 km).
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A lion in the wild usually makes no more than twenty kills a year.
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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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