Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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Dolphins have names for one another.
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The most expensive dog in the world is the Tibetan Mastiff; worth $1.5 million.
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An Indian man known as "Snake Manu" can put small snakes, including deadly cobras, into his mouth and pass them out through his nose.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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The colossal squid has the largest eyes in the world.
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