Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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There's a lizard known as the 'Jesus Lizard' that can run across water.
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Christmas Island has bridges for crabs to stop them getting run over during the mass migration.
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Urechis unicinctus is a species of marine spoon worm that is widely referred to as the ‘penis fish’.
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Sergeant Stubby was the only war dog to be promoted to sergeant through combat in WWI. He saved his regiment from surprise mustard gas attacks, found and comforted the wounded, and even once caught a German spy by the seat of his pants, holding him there until American Soldiers found him.
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The largest breed of rabbit is the Flemish Giant.
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There's a phone app called RoboRoach that allows you to remotely control a cockroach through a chip that you to manually implant into the unwitting critter.
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