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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A 42-foot sperm whale has about 7 tons of oil in it.
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When Washoe, the first chimp to use sign language, was told that her caretaker's baby had died, she signed "CRY."
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On some poorly researched trivia lists it is stated as a fact that a pregnant goldfish is called a twit. This is not true as goldfish lay eggs.
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The seahorse is the only fish to have a neck.
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Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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