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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Moths are unable to fly during an earthquake.
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When a male honey bee climaxes during sex, his testicles explode and then he dies.
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When Koko, the gorilla famous for knowing sign language, was asked where gorillas go after death, she responded by signing “Comfortable hole, bye.”
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An Indian man known as "Snake Manu" can put small snakes, including deadly cobras, into his mouth and pass them out through his nose.
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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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Alligator snapping turtles can live for over 150 years. Scientists know this because some of the turtles had musket balls in their stomachs.
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Cows as they are today never existed in the wild and were domesticated from aurochs some 10,500 years ago.
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