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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Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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A lion in the wild usually makes no more than twenty kills a year.
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In 1955, the citizens of São Paulo were so upset with their government that they elected a rhinoceros named Cacareco (meaning rubbish) to the city council in protest, with over 100,000 votes.
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Penguins have a gland above their eye that turns saltwater into freshwater.
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The elephant brain weighs about 6,000g.
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