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How could it be that a young female Polish cow would rather hang with some beefy bison versus her own species?

A  number of years ago, a Beluga whale named Mila saved a drowning diver who was competing in a diving contest at the Polar Land Aquarium in Harbin, Northeast China. Read on for more on this harrowing tale of rescue.

It was a touching scene and one that belies the old theory that nonhuman animals are unthinking, emotionless machines that react to situations with preprogrammed instincts.

During the colder months aircraft must be treated with chemical deicers to keep ice from building up on a plane's wings and fuselage. Ice can cause an aircraft to crash. Birds can have something of the same problem. Earlier this month an American Bald Eagle had to be rescued from Lake Michigan after landing and then becoming grounded by an 8 pound ball of ice that formed on its feathers.

Unicode have added six new wildlife emojis to the character list, including a flamingo, orangutan, otter, oyster, skunk and sloth.

Animals have been a part of the television industry pretty much from the start, especially in Westerns where horses were a necessity. One of these Westerns was the highly popular "Bonanza." When the show ended in 1973 after 14 seasons, actor Lorne Greene, who portrayed the patriarch, Ben Cartwright, found that he had become very attached to his horse. He was gravely concerned that the buckskin, cleverly named Buck, would end up in the "glue factory."

The Lower Vertebrates & Invertebrates team at the Paignton Zoo in Devon, UK, has something to shell-abrate after successfully breeding exotic Vampire Crabs for the very first time.

What is it about a cat's tongue that's so inspiring? It's their unique cleaning ability - one that, if successfully imitated, could bring a new technology to many industries.