Macaques monkeys in Japan learned to steal purses and wallets, take out the coins, and use them to buy drinks and snacks from vending machines.
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Vampire bats adopt orphans, and are one of the few mammals known to risk their own lives to share food with less fortunate roost-mates.
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The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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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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A puppy is born blind, deaf, and toothless.
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The reindeer is the only mammal that can see UV light.
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When a drone bee mates with a queen, its ejaculation is so powerful that it can even be heard by the human ear.
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