When Koko, the gorilla famous for knowing sign language, was asked where gorillas go after death, she responded by signing “Comfortable hole, bye.”
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Vampire bats adopt orphans, and are one of the few mammals known to risk their own lives to share food with less fortunate roost-mates.
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Crocodile babies don't have sex chromosomes; the temperature at which the egg develops determines gender.
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There's a breed of cat called Munchkin and they have tiny legs.
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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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A lion in the wild usually makes no more than twenty kills a year.
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A male baboon can kill a leopard.
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