Animal Facts

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    Japan: More Pets Than Children
    In Japan, there are more pets than there are children.
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    Octopuses enter a dementia-like state after breeding, forget what happened
    After octopuses breed, they develop dementia. They then live the rest of their lives in this confused, seemingly lost state, with apparently no knowledge of previous events.
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    Sloths swim 3x faster than they move on land, and can hold their breath for up to 40 minutes
    Sloths can swim three times faster than they can move on land. They can also hold their breath for up to 40 minutes.
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    Free Willy
    Free Willy
    After being in captivity for 23 years, the orca from Free Willy, Keiko, was set free in 2002. Weeks later, he appeared at a Norwegian fjord apparently seeking human contact and even gave rides to children on his back.
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    Carbonemys
    Carbonemys
    About 60 million years ago, there was a species of turtle that was so large and had such powerful jaws that it could have devoured a crocodile.
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    A hippo sleeping underwater automatically rises to the surface every ~4 minutes and breathes without waking.
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    In 1955, the citizens of São Paulo were so upset with their government that they elected a rhinoceros named Cacareco (meaning rubbish) to the city council in protest, with over 100,000 votes.
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    Dogs sometimes fake being sick to get attention.
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