Giant Anteaters' front legs look like a panda.
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Squirrels will sometimes adopt orphaned baby squirrels that they’re related to.
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When cats are happy, they may squeeze their eyes shut.
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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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A cat rubs against people not only to be affectionate but also to mark out its territory with scent glands around its face. The tail area and paws also carry the cat's scent.
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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 hippo sleeping underwater automatically rises to the surface every ~4 minutes and breathes without waking.
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One reason that kittens sleep so much is because a growth hormone is released only during sleep.
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