Random Animal Facts

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    Sharks, like other fish, have their reproductive organs in their chests.
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    A lion in the wild usually makes no more than twenty kills a year.
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    Dogs sometimes fake being sick to get attention.
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    Rescued Penguin Returns Every Year
    Rescued Penguin Returns Every Year
    In 2011, a penguin covered in oil and starving on a beach near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was rescued by a pensioner. Ever since then, Dindim the penguin travels 5,000 miles every year to visit him.
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    Only 3% of bird species have penises.
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    A hippo sleeping underwater automatically rises to the surface every ~4 minutes and breathes without waking.
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    Scientists Trained Fish to Walk on Land
    Scientists trained a group of fish to walk on land and, over a period of 8 months, their body shape adapted to the terrestrial lifestyle.
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    Alligator snapping turtles can live for over 150 years. Scientists know this because some of the turtles had musket balls in their stomachs.
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