Random Animal Facts

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    Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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    When dragonflies mate, their tails form a love heart.
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    Drivers kill more deer than hunters do.
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    In 1949, an official boxing match between a bear and a man was held. The bear won.
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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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    Flatworms Mating
    Flatworms Mating
    When flatworms mate, two "males" use their bifurcated penises to fence one another. The winner, or the flatworm who stabs the other with its penis, remains a male while the loser becomes female.
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    Crows living in some urban areas drop nuts into traffic to let the passing cars crush them, then they wait for the red lights to stop the traffic so they can grab and eat it.
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    Sloths take two weeks to digest their food.
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