Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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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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A group of unicorns is called a blessing.
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Sandy, an African Penguin, has been in 'love' with her keeper at the Nuremburg zoo since 1996.
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Camels and llamas can cross breed. The offspring is called a ‘Cama’.
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It has been calculated that a single breath from a mature blue whale can inflate up to 2,000 balloons.
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There's a phone app called RoboRoach that allows you to remotely control a cockroach through a chip that you to manually implant into the unwitting critter.
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Cats recognise the voice of their owner, but never evolved to care.
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