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When a family from Croydon moved into a new house in another town, 20 miles away, they took their cat Toby with them. A few weeks later, the new owners of their old house couldn’t believe their eyes when they saw the cat at their door. Toby is not the only cat to have covered a great distance. An American cat, Sam, returned from Arizona to his old home in Wisconsin, making an even more incredible journey of 2,400 kilometres.

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Not only cats can find their way back home. The same is true of some birds such as ‘homing’ pigeons. Before people had radio or telephones, they used pigeons to send news quickly. Pigeons are still useful in many places today. In isolated mountain regions they carry messages between villages. So when our email stops working, pigeons can take over.

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It sometimes happens that a group of elephants comes from far away to help another elephant which is hurt or in danger. It’s surprising for people because it seems that the animal isn’t making any noise. It seems that elephants can ‘talk’ across several kilometres, but scientists can’t explain how.

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Animals and plants also seem to read the weather. Some plants do not open when rain is coming, and in autumn trees know when to drop their leaves. Birds know when to fly to warmer countries and animals that sleep during the colder months of the year feel when it is time to begin their preparations for winter.