When you shave a guinea pig it looks like a little hippo.
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A scorpion can hold its breath for up to 6 days.
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Cats are one of the only animals to domesticate themselves and approach humans on their own terms.
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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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Cats sleep for 70% of their lives.
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A koi fish, named "Hanako", was owned by several individuals over many years and lived to be 226 years old, dying in 1977.
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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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