Mosquitoes don't just bite you, they also pee on you.
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Some older/less efficient worker termites will develop 'backpacks' of toxic chemicals that explode when the termite is threatened. They are essentially used as suicide bombers when the colony is being attacked.
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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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Sifrhippus was a species of horse about the size of an average duck and roamed North America 56 million years ago.
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Christmas Island has bridges for crabs to stop them getting run over during the mass migration.
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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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