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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The octopus does not have a blind spot.
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The oldest recorded elephant lived for 82 years.
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The station master and operating officer at the Kishi Station, Japan, is a cat!
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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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Using a remote-controlled camera, biologists caught dolphins getting high by sucking on puffer fish. They were even caught passing the puffer fish around.
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When a male gentoo penguin "falls in love" with a female penguin, he searches the entire beach to find the perfect pebble to present to her.
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A hippo sleeping underwater automatically rises to the surface every ~4 minutes and breathes without waking.
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