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    Adelaide Zoo visitors said the 27-year-old orangutan returned to its enclosure after failing to make it past a second fence, the Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported Monday. "It was amazing how he did it, because he actually got a branch, pulled it over the electric fence and then got over" witness Ryan Johnston, 11, said of the animal's escape. Full Article at United Press International
    It was amazing how he did it, because he actually got a branch, pulled it over the electric fence and then got over
    SOURCE: United Press International 6 months ago
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  1. Walking small -- your face here
    SOURCE: United Press International 6 months ago
  2. Last time we claimed 80 percent of the votes
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  3. This animal has a history of trying to outsmart and be a little bit smarter, and she's an animal which has caused lots of keepers a lot of late hours
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  4. stated that he likes to walk around in his underwear and that he does this often.
    SOURCE: United Press International 6 months ago
  5. Anyone who can keep a rabbit can keep a wallaby. They are lovely, gregarious animals
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  6. Now Sweden has one of Europe's finest populations of fire-bellied toads
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  7. It's crazy. To be honest, if I had 100 I could easily get rid of them
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