Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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Nervous dogs wag their tails to the left, and happy dogs to the right (from the dog’s point of view) – and fellow canines pick up on this lop-sided tail language.
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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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The Platypus used to be considered a myth like Bigfoot and the Yeti.
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Jumping fleas can accelerate 50 times faster than the space shuttle.
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