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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In order to enhance the taste, Japanese macaque wash their food in salt water before they eat. They also make snowballs for fun!
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The Pistol Shrimp can snap its claws together to create a sound of 218 decibels, louder than as supersonic jet at full speed. It only lasts for 1 millisecond. The snapping action also creates a bubble that is greater than 5000 Kelvin, close to the surface temperature of the sun.
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A scorpion can hold its breath for up to 6 days.
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Lurch, a Watusi bull, had the largest horns in the world.
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Ants have tiny magnetic compasses in their antennae which help them navigate.
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The most expensive cow in the world was sold in 2009 for $1.2 million.
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