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Haunting lemur songs have a rhythm similar to human music
Human music often has a natural rhythm to it, and the roots of that rhythm might stretch back to the ancestors we shared with indris, a type of lemur
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Wolf cubs raised by humans become attached to us like puppies
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Penguins have rare ability to recognise each other’s faces and voices
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Toxic oak moth threatens UK trees after failure to control its spread
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Gifted dogs can learn 12 words in a week and remember them for months
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Female cleaner fish can judge when to cheat without getting caught
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57 per cent of elephants at Thai tourist facilities have nervous tics
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Hyenas make faces at each other when they want to play-fight
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Cats refuse to snuggle with objects that smell like their owners
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Ancient spiders locked in amber died looking after their offspring
Modern spiders are known to be devoted parents, and ancient spiders trapped in 99-million-year-old amber seem to have cared for their young too
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Piles of animal dung reveal the location of an ancient Arabian oasis
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Male rodents with less time to breed grow bigger testes
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Cows have been potty-trained to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
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Sea fireflies adapted their threatening glow to attract mates
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