Cat families usually play best in even numbers. Cats and kittens should be acquired in pairs whenever possible!
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When Washoe, the first chimp to use sign language, was told that her caretaker's baby had died, she signed "CRY."
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Dogs sometimes fake being sick to get attention.
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Some older/less efficient worker termites will develop 'backpacks' of toxic chemicals that explode when the termite is threatened. They are essentially used as suicide bombers when the colony is being attacked.
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The head of a jellyfish is called the "Bell."
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Tigers can see 6 times better at night than humans.
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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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