Random Animal Facts

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    Parrot parents "name" their children with a signature call.
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    Nicole Kidman is scared of butterflies.
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    The oldest known animal in the world was 'Ming' the 405 year old clam, discovered in 2007.
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    During World War 1, starving wolves amassed in such great numbers that Germans and Russians had a temporary cease fire to fight off the wolf attacks.
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    A 'geep' is a very rare goat-sheep hybrid or chimera.
    A 'geep' is a very rare goat-sheep hybrid or chimera.
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    Swimming Pigs
    Swimming Pigs
    There's an island in the Bahamas called Big Major Cay (or Pig Beach), which is only inhabited by swimming pigs.
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    Carbonemys
    Carbonemys
    About 60 million years ago, there was a species of turtle that was so large and had such powerful jaws that it could have devoured a crocodile.
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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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