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animal cognition

koala being vaccinated

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This koala was first to be vaccinated against chlamydia in new trial

Shano was the first of 200 koalas to receive a chlamydia vaccine that may help curb an epidemic that is ravaging koala populations across Australia

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African Penguin (Spheniscus demersus)

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Penguins have rare ability to recognise each other's faces and voices

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The Oak Processionary (Thaumetopoea processionea) caterpillars

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Toxic oak moth threatens UK trees after failure to control its spread

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border collie

Life

Gifted dogs can learn 12 words in a week and remember them for months

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Porcupine pufferfish (diodon hystrix) being cleaned by cleaner fish (labroides dimidiatus)

Life

Female cleaner fish can judge when to cheat without getting caught

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An elephant raising its trunk over its head as someone rides it

Life

57 per cent of elephants at Thai tourist facilities have nervous tics

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hyenas

Life

Hyenas make faces at each other when they want to play-fight

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Watch cuttlefish migrate together in a defensive line with a lookout

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Watch cuttlefish migrate together in a defensive line with a lookout

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cat playing with a blue canvas shoe

Life

Cats refuse to snuggle with objects that smell like their owners

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spiders trapped in amber

Life

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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Humans

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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