Baks the blind boxer has a seeing eye goose named Buttons; a four-year-old goose who leads the pup around everywhere either by hanging onto him with her neck, or by honking to tell him which way to go.
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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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The sound of a tiger's roar can travel a distance of up to 2 miles (~3 km).
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Dogs have been man's pet for over 14,000 years.
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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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Dolphins sometimes have fun by blowing bubbles and creating rings of air underwater, which they then swim through.
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