When a male gentoo penguin "falls in love" with a female penguin, he searches the entire beach to find the perfect pebble to present to her.
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Cats are one of the only animals to domesticate themselves and approach humans on their own terms.
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Some older/less efficient worker termites will develop 'backpacks' of toxic chemicals that explode when the termite is threatened. They are essentially used as suicide bombers when the colony is being attacked.
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In Australia, there are spiders big enough to eat snakes.
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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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There’s a bonobo named Kanzi who has learned to build a campfire and cook his own food.
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