What is the world's largest fish?
The harmless whale shark holds the title of largest fish, with the record being a 59 footer captured in Thailand in 1919.
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- When was the international ivory trade banned?
“The international trade in elephant ivory was banned under the CITES treaty in 1989 after poaching cut Africa's elephant population roughly in half during the 1980s.”
Reference: CITES
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A way to turn crap into current
Thai researchers have succeeded in generating electricity from natural gas made from elephant dung.
Do any two tigers have the same stripes?
No two tigers have the same stripe pattern, so researchers can identify individual wild tigers from camera trap photos almost like fingerprints.