One reason that kittens sleep so much is because a growth hormone is released only during sleep.
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A zoo in China gave a gay penguin couple the opportunity to raise a chick.
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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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A domestic cat can sprint at about 31 miles per hour.
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A cow produces around 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.
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Parrotfish make themselves a kind of mucus 'sleeping bag' which masks their smell from predators and keeps parasites away.
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The Hercules beetle, despite weighing only 100 grams, can lift 8 kilograms, making it one of the proportionally strongest animals in the world.
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The world’s largest frog, the Goliath frog, can grow over 13 inches in length and can jump up to 10 feet in a single bound.
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