Holding hands with someone you love can alleviate physical pain as well as stress and fear.
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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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A zoo in China gave a gay penguin couple the opportunity to raise a chick.
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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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Baby rabbits are called kittens.
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A newborn Chinese water deer is so small, it can (almost) be held in the palm of a hand.
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A group of kittens is called a "kindle".
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