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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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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Domestic pigs average a top speed of about 11 miles per hour.
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Cows as they are today never existed in the wild and were domesticated from aurochs some 10,500 years ago.
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The male seahorse carries babies and 'gives birth' to them instead of the female.
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Vampire bats adopt orphans, and are one of the few mammals known to risk their own lives to share food with less fortunate roost-mates.
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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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