Dogs sometimes fake being sick to get attention.
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Some lizards, in which the tail is a major storage organ for accumulating reserves, will return to a dropped tail after the threat has passed, and will eat it to recover part of the sacrificed supplies.
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There is a sea snail that wears a suit of iron plated armor. It is the only known animal to use iron sulphide as skeletal material.
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A zoo in China gave a gay penguin couple the opportunity to raise a chick.
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The oldest recorded elephant lived for 82 years.
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