Random Animal Facts

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    Cows as they are today never existed in the wild and were domesticated from aurochs some 10,500 years ago.
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    Vanilla flavoring is sometimes made with an ingredient from beaver pee.
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    Denmark has twice as many pigs as there are people.
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    Rescued Penguin Returns Every Year
    Rescued Penguin Returns Every Year
    In 2011, a penguin covered in oil and starving on a beach near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was rescued by a pensioner. Ever since then, Dindim the penguin travels 5,000 miles every year to visit him.
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    Dogs have been man's pet for over 14,000 years.
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    Scientists Trained Fish to Walk on Land
    Scientists trained a group of fish to walk on land and, over a period of 8 months, their body shape adapted to the terrestrial lifestyle.
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    An alligator can go through 2,000 to 3,000 teeth in a lifetime.
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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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