Though humans can have surreal and elaborate dreams, animals dream about normal daily acitivities. Studies of rats showed that their brain activity while dreaming was the same as when awake and running a circular track. This was also true for dogs, so it’s likely that ‘pointers point at dream birds, and Dobermans growl at dream burglars.’
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Sloths poop once a week, Sloths only poop once a week, and it’s the only time they ever come down from the safety of the tree tops. Nobody knwos wht they risk their lives just to poop on the ground, but when they do, they hug a tree and do a little poo dance.
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They call it puppy love. There’s a biological reason why we can’t resist puppy dog eyes. Sustained eye contact significantly rasies oxytocin levels in both humans and dogs, which encourages love, trust, and bonding. This response isn’t found in even hand-raised wolves, which suggests humans and dogs may have co-evolved to share this trait in order to be companions.
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Tokyo looks like the Mars in ‘Total Recall.-There are five gigantic cylindrical shafts under Tokyo that fill with water to protect the city from being destroyed if tehre’s ever a flood.
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15 people just died.. In the time it took you to read this, approximately 15 people died-but more than 30 babies were born.
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Sunbathing lemurs. When Ring-tailed lemurs get up in the morning, the first thing they do is sunbathe their bellies. In order to get warm, they sit on the ground together, spread out their arms, and lean theur heads back as if they’re worshiping the sun. [/restrict]