When the "Elephant Whisperer" Lawrence Anthony died, a whole herd of elephants arrived at his house to mourn him.
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In 1949, an official boxing match between a bear and a man was held. The bear won.
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It has been calculated that a single breath from a mature blue whale can inflate up to 2,000 balloons.
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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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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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Allegedly, Chrysippus, the Greek philosopher, died of laughter after getting his donkey drunk and watching it try to eat figs.
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