Dolphins have names for one another.
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Meysi is one of the world's smallest dogs, measuring in at just 7cm tall, 12cm long, and weighing a meagre 250 grams (only slightly heavier than a hamster!)
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Squirrels forget where they hide about half of their nuts.
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It has been calculated that a single breath from a mature blue whale can inflate up to 2,000 balloons.
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There is a sea snail that wears a suit of iron plated armor. It is the only known animal to use iron sulphide as skeletal material.
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An alligator can go through 2,000 to 3,000 teeth in a lifetime.
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A zoo in China gave a gay penguin couple the opportunity to raise a chick.
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A tortoise named Adwaita lived to 255 years old. To put it into perspective, he was born before the United States of America existed and his death was announced on CNN (1750-2006).
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