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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A zoo in China gave a gay penguin couple the opportunity to raise a chick.
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15% of snails survive digestion by birds and are found alive in their droppings, potentially leading to the spread of snail populations.
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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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The ancestor of all domestic cats is the African Wild Cat which still exists today.
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Alligators can live up to 100 years.
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Worker bees must visit around 4,000 flowers in order to make one tablespoon of honey.
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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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