Squirrels will sometimes adopt orphaned baby squirrels that they’re related to.
12
Giant Anteaters' front legs look like a panda.
48
The male seahorse carries babies and 'gives birth' to them instead of the female.
7
Christmas Island has bridges for crabs to stop them getting run over during the mass migration.
9
Sergeant Stubby was the only war dog to be promoted to sergeant through combat in WWI. He saved his regiment from surprise mustard gas attacks, found and comforted the wounded, and even once caught a German spy by the seat of his pants, holding him there until American Soldiers found him.
16
The most expensive dog in the world is the Tibetan Mastiff; worth $1.5 million.
2
A hippo sleeping underwater automatically rises to the surface every ~4 minutes and breathes without waking.
23