Baks the blind boxer has a seeing eye goose named Buttons; a four-year-old goose who leads the pup around everywhere either by hanging onto him with her neck, or by honking to tell him which way to go.
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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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Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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A group of kittens is called a "kindle".
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A domestic cat can sprint at about 31 miles per hour.
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Condoms were originally made of animal intestines or linen.
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