Squirrels will sometimes adopt orphaned baby squirrels that they’re related to.
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Sea otters hold hands while sleeping so they don’t drift away from each other.
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The desire to squeeze and hug cute things comes from the same place in your brain as aggression.
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Dolphins have names for one another.
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Sergeant Stubby was the only war dog to be promoted to sergeant through combat in WWI. He saved his regiment from surprise mustard gas attacks, found and comforted the wounded, and even once caught a German spy by the seat of his pants, holding him there until American Soldiers found him.
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Sandy, an African Penguin, has been in 'love' with her keeper at the Nuremburg zoo since 1996.
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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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