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 two oldest cats on record lived to 38 and 34 years old, both were owned by the same owner and lived off a diet of bacon, eggs, broccoli and coffee.
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Vanilla flavoring is sometimes made with an ingredient from beaver pee.
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The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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An alligator can go through 2,000 to 3,000 teeth in a lifetime.
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An average cat has 1-8 kittens per litter and can have 2-3 litters per year. During her productive life, one female cat could have more than 100 kittens. A single pair of cats and their kittens can produce as many as 420,000 kittens in just 7 years.
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