Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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Sharks, like other fish, have their reproductive organs in their chests.
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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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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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Two dogs were among the Titanic survivors.
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A lion in the wild usually makes no more than twenty kills a year.
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