There's a young hippo and a 130+ year old tortoise in a Kenyan wildlife preserve who are best friends and they even sleep and play together.
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Dogs sometimes fake being sick to get attention.
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When a male honey bee climaxes during sex, his testicles explode and then he dies.
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Baks the blind boxer has a seeing eye goose named Buttons; a four-year-old goose who leads the pup around everywhere either by hanging onto him with her neck, or by honking to tell him which way to go.
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A zoo in China gave a gay penguin couple the opportunity to raise a chick.
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Lobsters have blue blood.
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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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15% of snails survive digestion by birds and are found alive in their droppings, potentially leading to the spread of snail populations.
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