The Platypus used to be considered a myth like Bigfoot and the Yeti.
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The oldest recorded elephant lived for 82 years.
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When Washoe, the first chimp to use sign language, was told that her caretaker's baby had died, she signed "CRY."
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There's a young hippo and a 130+ year old tortoise in a Kenyan wildlife preserve who are best friends and they even sleep and play together.
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A puppy is born blind, deaf, and toothless.
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