All pandas are ‘owned’ by China. They rent them out to zoos for $1mil/year each with minimum of 10 years.
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Sandy, an African Penguin, has been in 'love' with her keeper at the Nuremburg zoo since 1996.
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The reindeer is the only mammal that can see UV light.
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Worker bees must visit around 4,000 flowers in order to make one tablespoon of honey.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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In Australia, there are spiders big enough to eat snakes.
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In 2011, a male tiger in India adopted a litter of orphaned cubs, taking on the role of ‘mother’. Wildlife officials say such behavior had never been observed before.
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The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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