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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The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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Parrotfish make themselves a kind of mucus 'sleeping bag' which masks their smell from predators and keeps parasites away.
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When Koko, the gorilla famous for knowing sign language, was asked where gorillas go after death, she responded by signing “Comfortable hole, bye.”
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15% of snails survive digestion by birds and are found alive in their droppings, potentially leading to the spread of snail populations.
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