In 2005, in Africa, it was reported that three lions rescued a 12-year-old girl from kidnappers and guarded her for half a day until help came.
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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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Squirrels will sometimes adopt orphaned baby squirrels that they’re related to.
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A scorpion can hold its breath for up to 6 days.
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A hippo sleeping underwater automatically rises to the surface every ~4 minutes and breathes without waking.
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Allegedly, Chrysippus, the Greek philosopher, died of laughter after getting his donkey drunk and watching it try to eat figs.
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Cats lose almost as much fluid in the saliva while grooming themselves as they do through urination!
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