The ancestor of all domestic cats is the African Wild Cat which still exists today.
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When you shave a guinea pig it looks like a little hippo.
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The oldest known animal in the world was 'Ming' the 405 year old clam, discovered in 2007.
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When the "Elephant Whisperer" Lawrence Anthony died, a whole herd of elephants arrived at his house to mourn him.
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In Australia, there are spiders big enough to eat snakes.
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Denmark has twice as many pigs as there are people.
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The oldest recorded elephant lived for 82 years.
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Sandy, an African Penguin, has been in 'love' with her keeper at the Nuremburg zoo since 1996.
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