Random Animal Facts

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    Dogs have been man's pet for over 14,000 years.
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    The male seahorse carries babies and 'gives birth' to them instead of the female.
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    Sifrhippus was a species of horse about the size of an average duck and roamed North America 56 million years ago.
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    Sloths take two weeks to digest their food.
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    The elephant brain weighs about 6,000g.
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    Rescued Penguin Returns Every Year
    Rescued Penguin Returns Every Year
    In 2011, a penguin covered in oil and starving on a beach near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was rescued by a pensioner. Ever since then, Dindim the penguin travels 5,000 miles every year to visit him.
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    Penguins have a gland above their eye that turns saltwater into freshwater.
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    The octopus does not have a blind spot.
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