A zoo in China gave a gay penguin couple the opportunity to raise a chick.
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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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The Hercules beetle, despite weighing only 100 grams, can lift 8 kilograms, making it one of the proportionally strongest animals in the world.
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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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A tortoise named Adwaita lived to 255 years old. To put it into perspective, he was born before the United States of America existed and his death was announced on CNN (1750-2006).
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A newborn Chinese water deer is so small, it can (almost) be held in the palm of a hand.
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