The elephant brain weighs about 6,000g.
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Sandy, an African Penguin, has been in 'love' with her keeper at the Nuremburg zoo since 1996.
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By putting a frog in a bucket of milk, scientists following up on an ancient Russian way of keeping milk from going sour have identified a wealth of new antibiotic substances.
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A domestic cat can sprint at about 31 miles per hour.
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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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Macaques monkeys in Japan learned to steal purses and wallets, take out the coins, and use them to buy drinks and snacks from vending machines.
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A lion in the wild usually makes no more than twenty kills a year.
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The octopus does not have a blind spot.
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