A newborn Chinese water deer is so small, it can (almost) be held in the palm of a hand.
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Parrotfish make themselves a kind of mucus 'sleeping bag' which masks their smell from predators and keeps parasites away.
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Lurch, a Watusi bull, had the largest horns in the world.
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All pandas are ‘owned’ by China. They rent them out to zoos for $1mil/year each with minimum of 10 years.
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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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The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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