Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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A newborn Chinese water deer is so small, it can (almost) be held in the palm of a hand.
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In order to enhance the taste, Japanese macaque wash their food in salt water before they eat. They also make snowballs for fun!
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The station master and operating officer at the Kishi Station, Japan, is a cat!
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A hippo sleeping underwater automatically rises to the surface every ~4 minutes and breathes without waking.
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Cymothoa exigua is a type of parasite that enters through fish's gills, eats their tongue, and then replaces it.
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