A newborn Chinese water deer is so small, it can (almost) be held in the palm of a hand.
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Parrot parents "name" their children with a signature call.
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The oldest recorded elephant lived for 82 years.
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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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Denmark has twice as many pigs as there are people.
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A koi fish, named "Hanako", was owned by several individuals over many years and lived to be 226 years old, dying in 1977.
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Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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