Worker bees must visit around 4,000 flowers in order to make one tablespoon of honey.
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When Washoe, the first chimp to use sign language, was told that her caretaker's baby had died, she signed "CRY."
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Shark corneas are used in eye transplants and shark bone marrow can be used to graft human bones.
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A dog's naked behind leaves absolutely no bacteria when pressed against carpet.
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A domestic cat can sprint at about 31 miles per hour.
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Jumping fleas can accelerate 50 times faster than the space shuttle.
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Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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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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