Squirrels will sometimes adopt orphaned baby squirrels that they’re related to.
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In 1918, a homing pigeon saved over 190 American soldiers by delivering a message to nearby support despite having been shot through the breast, blinded in one eye, covered in blood, and with a leg hanging on by just a tendon.
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It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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A scorpion can hold its breath for up to 6 days.
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Parrotfish make themselves a kind of mucus 'sleeping bag' which masks their smell from predators and keeps parasites away.
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