Macaques monkeys in Japan learned to steal purses and wallets, take out the coins, and use them to buy drinks and snacks from vending machines.
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Dolphins sometimes have fun by blowing bubbles and creating rings of air underwater, which they then swim through.
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Vanilla flavoring is sometimes made with an ingredient from beaver pee.
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There’s a bonobo named Kanzi who has learned to build a campfire and cook his own food.
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Denmark has twice as many pigs as there are people.
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Vampire bats adopt orphans, and are one of the few mammals known to risk their own lives to share food with less fortunate roost-mates.
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Squirrels forget where they hide about half of their nuts.
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Christmas Island has bridges for crabs to stop them getting run over during the mass migration.
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