Squirrels will sometimes adopt orphaned baby squirrels that they’re related to.
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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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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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A puppy is born blind, deaf, and toothless.
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The seahorse is the only fish to have a neck.
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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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It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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