Some lizards, in which the tail is a major storage organ for accumulating reserves, will return to a dropped tail after the threat has passed, and will eat it to recover part of the sacrificed supplies.
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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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Blue whale arteries are large enough for humans to swim through and their hearts are the size of cars.
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In 2005, in Africa, it was reported that three lions rescued a 12-year-old girl from kidnappers and guarded her for half a day until help came.
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Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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The cat brain weighs about 30g.
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The largest breed of rabbit is the Flemish Giant.
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