OK, none of these qualifies as “news” exactly, but they’re cool enough to brighten my day, and hopefully yours.

• The heart of a shrimp is located in its head.
• A snail can sleep for three years.
• The fingerprints of a koala are so indistinguishable from humans that they have on occasion been confused at a crime scene.
• Slugs have four noses.
• Elephants are the only animal that can’t jump.
• A rhinoceros’ horn is made of hair.

Question: What could possibly be so compelling to a slug that it would need four noses to smell it?!