Vanilla flavoring is sometimes made with an ingredient from beaver pee.
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A zoo in China gave a gay penguin couple the opportunity to raise a chick.
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There's a rare breed of pig that looks like a sheep.
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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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