When a male gentoo penguin "falls in love" with a female penguin, he searches the entire beach to find the perfect pebble to present to her.
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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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Sharks, like other fish, have their reproductive organs in their chests.
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An alligator can go through 2,000 to 3,000 teeth in a lifetime.
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Unsinkable Sam (nickname of a German ship's cat) who served on 3 warships, one German, two British, all sank in action. The cat survived each sinking, floating away on wooden planks to rescue.
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The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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Mosquitoes don't just bite you, they also pee on you.
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