A man rescued a dying crocodile, looked after it, tried to release the croc into the wild, but the croc kept coming back. The two became ‘best friends’ and for the next 20 years, Chito (man) used to get into the water to swim, kiss, hug, play with ‘Pocho’ the 5-meter, 450kg croc.
Congo, a chimpanzee who made over 400 paintings, would scream if a…
Congo, a chimpanzee who made over 400 paintings, would scream if a painting was taken away from him before he was finished.
Why Do Dogs Bury Bones?
Dogs are often found burying, unearthing and then again burying a bone or a toy. Have you ever pondered over why your pooch is always meticulously digging and burying its bone and spoiling your garden, backyard or even potted plants? The 2 main reasons for this are as follows. An Inherent Instinct Pre-domestication period was […]
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It’s widely believed that lemmings commit mass suicide by leaping…
It’s widely believed that lemmings commit mass suicide by leaping to their deaths from cliffs. In fact, this is a myth brought about by the nature of lemmings’ mass migration and popularized by a Disney movie from the 50s.
7 Facts About Hamsters
Hamsters are stout-bodied, omnivorous and cute-butt rodents with much more to them than just running on their wheels or being experimented on in scientific laboratories. The following are some facts about these much-in-demand and adorable rodent pets. The discovery of the first ‘one of a kind’ pet Even though all of them look similar, there […]
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Why Do Cats Have Tails?
Have you ever seen a cat fall and land on their back? The vast majority of you will answer ‘No’, because cats pretty much always land on their feet. Has a cat ever rubbed itself up against your leg in delight, its tail fluttering high, or against a wall or a table that it likes […]
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The Biggest Spiders in the World
A lot of times, it seems that we underestimate some species that exist on Earth quite a bit. Spiders, for one, are something that most of us think as a small, tiny creature, nowhere near to being harmful or scary. However, like almost every category of creature on this planet, even spiders have something to […]
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Herodotus wrote about fuzzy, dog sized ants living in India which dug…
Herodotus wrote about fuzzy, dog sized ants living in India which dug up gold to build ant hills. For centuries, people assumed it was made up. In the 1990s, scientist discovered a fuzzy marmot living in India that digs up gold whenever it burrows.
Why Do Dogs Lick You?
It is a truth universally acknowledged that any dog within tongue-licking distance of a human being, if given half the chance, will lick them. My friend’s adorable springer spaniel doesn’t even care if he gets your skin or not, he’ll just lick your clothes. You stretch your legs out past where he’s sitting on the […]
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10 Facts About Guinea Pigs
Some facts about Guinea pigs are well known. The most common being the ambiguity behind their name – they are not pigs and neither do they hail from Guinea or New Guinea for that matter. Let’s take a look at some lesser known facts about Guinea pigs. Guinea pigs groom themselves using a milky white […]
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