A lion in the wild usually makes no more than twenty kills a year.
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The octopus does not have a blind spot.
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In 2005, in Africa, it was reported that three lions rescued a 12-year-old girl from kidnappers and guarded her for half a day until help came.
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A zoo in China gave a gay penguin couple the opportunity to raise a chick.
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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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There’s a bonobo named Kanzi who has learned to build a campfire and cook his own food.
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If a vampire bat goes 2 days without drinking blood, they can die. However, well fed female bats will puke up blood and share it with other bats that they like in exchange for grooming.
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All pandas are ‘owned’ by China. They rent them out to zoos for $1mil/year each with minimum of 10 years.
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