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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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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Moths are unable to fly during an earthquake.
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A 42-foot sperm whale has about 7 tons of oil in it.
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The elephant brain weighs about 6,000g.
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Jumping fleas can accelerate 50 times faster than the space shuttle.
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Sloths take two weeks to digest their food.
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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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