Random Animal Facts

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    The Reason Dogs Turn in Circles
    The Reason Dogs Turn in Circles
    Dogs turn in circles before lying down because in the wild this turns long grass into a bed.
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    Drivers kill more deer than hunters do.
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    Sifrhippus was a species of horse about the size of an average duck and roamed North America 56 million years ago.
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    Nicole Kidman is scared of butterflies.
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    Dolphins have names for one another.
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    Rescued Penguin Returns Every Year
    Rescued Penguin Returns Every Year
    In 2011, a penguin covered in oil and starving on a beach near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was rescued by a pensioner. Ever since then, Dindim the penguin travels 5,000 miles every year to visit him.
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    The male seahorse carries babies and 'gives birth' to them instead of the female.
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    On some poorly researched trivia lists it is stated as a fact that a pregnant goldfish is called a twit. This is not true as goldfish lay eggs.
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