When a male honey bee climaxes during sex, his testicles explode and then he dies.
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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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Meysi is one of the world's smallest dogs, measuring in at just 7cm tall, 12cm long, and weighing a meagre 250 grams (only slightly heavier than a hamster!)
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There's a lizard known as the 'Jesus Lizard' that can run across water.
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The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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