Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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The CIA once spent $20 million on a cat equipped with gear to spy on the Soviets, but it was hit by a taxi.
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The most expensive cow in the world was sold in 2009 for $1.2 million.
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The Hercules beetle, despite weighing only 100 grams, can lift 8 kilograms, making it one of the proportionally strongest animals in the world.
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Lobsters have blue blood.
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