Vampire bats adopt orphans, and are one of the few mammals known to risk their own lives to share food with less fortunate roost-mates.
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Using a remote-controlled camera, biologists caught dolphins getting high by sucking on puffer fish. They were even caught passing the puffer fish around.
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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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The octopus does not have a blind spot.
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A newborn Chinese water deer is so small, it can (almost) be held in the palm of a hand.
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In 1955, the citizens of São Paulo were so upset with their government that they elected a rhinoceros named Cacareco (meaning rubbish) to the city council in protest, with over 100,000 votes.
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