The Hercules beetle, despite weighing only 100 grams, can lift 8 kilograms, making it one of the proportionally strongest animals in the world.
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Cats are one of the only animals to domesticate themselves and approach humans on their own terms.
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Parrot parents "name" their children with a signature call.
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Whales and dolphins can't taste anything other than salt.
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In Australia, there are spiders big enough to eat snakes.
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The colossal squid has the largest eyes in the world.
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In 2011, a male tiger in India adopted a litter of orphaned cubs, taking on the role of ‘mother’. Wildlife officials say such behavior had never been observed before.
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