A zoo in China gave a gay penguin couple the opportunity to raise a chick.
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Shark corneas are used in eye transplants and shark bone marrow can be used to graft human bones.
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George was the world's largest dog who weighed 233 pounds, stood at 43 inches tall from paw to shoulder, and ate 180 pounds of food a month.
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There’s a bonobo named Kanzi who has learned to build a campfire and cook his own food.
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The Hercules beetle, despite weighing only 100 grams, can lift 8 kilograms, making it one of the proportionally strongest animals in the world.
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Ants tend to survive in a microwave because they find the coolest spot and wait!
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In 2011, a male tiger in India adopted a litter of orphaned cubs, taking on the role of ‘mother’. Wildlife officials say such behavior had never been observed before.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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