Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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Bats sleep 18-20 hours per day.
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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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Rex the German Shepherd was a rescue dog with a bad temper. He refused to be fed by humans and would attack strangers, but he’s a changed dog after falling in love with Geraldine the goose!
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Unsinkable Sam (nickname of a German ship's cat) who served on 3 warships, one German, two British, all sank in action. The cat survived each sinking, floating away on wooden planks to rescue.
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The oldest recorded elephant lived for 82 years.
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Sheep, goats, octopuses, and toads have rectangular pupils.
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