In 2005, in Africa, it was reported that three lions rescued a 12-year-old girl from kidnappers and guarded her for half a day until help came.
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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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Worker bees must visit around 4,000 flowers in order to make one tablespoon of honey.
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A newborn Chinese water deer is so small, it can (almost) be held in the palm of a hand.
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Female kangaroos have three vaginas.
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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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George was the world's largest dog who weighed 233 pounds, stood at 43 inches tall from paw to shoulder, and ate 180 pounds of food a month.
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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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