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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When the "Elephant Whisperer" Lawrence Anthony died, a whole herd of elephants arrived at his house to mourn him.
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Christmas Island has bridges for crabs to stop them getting run over during the mass migration.
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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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Sifrhippus was a species of horse about the size of an average duck and roamed North America 56 million years ago.
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A giraffe's kick is so powerful that it can decapitate a lion.
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It has been scientifically proven that stroking a cat can lower one's blood pressure!
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Urechis unicinctus is a species of marine spoon worm that is widely referred to as the ‘penis fish’.
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