In 1918, a homing pigeon saved over 190 American soldiers by delivering a message to nearby support despite having been shot through the breast, blinded in one eye, covered in blood, and with a leg hanging on by just a tendon.
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Parrot parents "name" their children with a signature call.
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Meysi is one of the world's smallest dogs, measuring in at just 7cm tall, 12cm long, and weighing a meagre 250 grams (only slightly heavier than a hamster!)
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Vanilla flavoring is sometimes made with an ingredient from beaver pee.
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Cows as they are today never existed in the wild and were domesticated from aurochs some 10,500 years ago.
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Tigers can see 6 times better at night than humans.
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