A domestic cat can sprint at about 31 miles per hour.
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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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Sharks, like other fish, have their reproductive organs in their chests.
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All pandas are ‘owned’ by China. They rent them out to zoos for $1mil/year each with minimum of 10 years.
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A hippo sleeping underwater automatically rises to the surface every ~4 minutes and breathes without waking.
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In 2005, in Africa, it was reported that three lions rescued a 12-year-old girl from kidnappers and guarded her for half a day until help came.
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It's possible to train your cat to use the toilet as a litter box and even flush afterwards.
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The elephant brain weighs about 6,000g.
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