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Saltwater crocodile
  • The saltwater crocodile can grow up to 6.5 m (21 ft) long.
  • The spitting cobra can propel its venom up to 3 m (10 ft) into the eyes of prey.
  • The big-headed turtles head is so big it cannot pull it inside its shell.
  • Geckos can walk upside down along ceilings with footpads that have hair-like structures that form a sticky pad.
  • The Aldabra giant tortoise can be 1.1m (3½ ft) long and weigh 250kg (550 lb).
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Bunka is a solitary Asian elephant living in captivity at the Yerevan Zoo in Armenia. He was born in captivity to parents Malka and Bacho at the Tbilisi Zoo in Georgia on the 30 December 2007. Bunka's father Bacho died in August 2008 at Tbilisi Zoo of autointoxication caused by peritonitis and hemorrhagic of the duodenum.

Bunka was originally intended to be transferred to Antwerp Zoo but this did not go ahead, possibly as a result of biosecurity import restrictions at the time. Bukna was transferred to the Yerevan Zoo on the 9 July 2014 to replace Grand who was suffering with dental problems and two broken tusks....

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Featured interview

Yvonne Luscombe speaks with Patrick Battuello from Horseracing Wrongs.

Yvonne: How did Horseracing Wrongs get going and how did you start doing things very differently than other people?

Patrick: So, I wrote an animal rights blog for my local newspaper in upstate New York around 2012-2013. As I researched various animal-related issues, I came across horse racing in America, and two things stood out to me. Firstly, there was a lack of information about how many horses were dying at American tracks and under what circumstances.

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