Random Animal Facts

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    The oldest recorded elephant lived for 82 years.
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    A lion in the wild usually makes no more than twenty kills a year.
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    There's a young hippo and a 130+ year old tortoise in a Kenyan wildlife preserve who are best friends and they even sleep and play together.
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    There's a lizard known as the 'Jesus Lizard' that can run across water.
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    Free Willy
    Free Willy
    After being in captivity for 23 years, the orca from Free Willy, Keiko, was set free in 2002. Weeks later, he appeared at a Norwegian fjord apparently seeking human contact and even gave rides to children on his back.
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    Condoms were originally made of animal intestines or linen.
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    There's a rare breed of pig that looks like a sheep.
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    In 1955, the citizens of São Paulo were so upset with their government that they elected a rhinoceros named Cacareco (meaning rubbish) to the city council in protest, with over 100,000 votes.
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