In 1918, a homing pigeon saved over 190 American soldiers by delivering a message to nearby support despite having been shot through the breast, blinded in one eye, covered in blood, and with a leg hanging on by just a tendon.
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Squirrels will sometimes adopt orphaned baby squirrels that they’re related to.
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Cats sleep for 70% of their lives.
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The largest earthworm on record was found in South Africa and measured 22 feet.
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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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The ancestor of all domestic cats is the African Wild Cat which still exists today.
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One reason that kittens sleep so much is because a growth hormone is released only during sleep.
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