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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Sergeant Stubby was the only war dog to be promoted to sergeant through combat in WWI. He saved his regiment from surprise mustard gas attacks, found and comforted the wounded, and even once caught a German spy by the seat of his pants, holding him there until American Soldiers found him.
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Urechis unicinctus is a species of marine spoon worm that is widely referred to as the ‘penis fish’.
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Alligators can live up to 100 years.
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Moths are unable to fly during an earthquake.
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Travis was a chimpanzee who socialized with humans since birth. He could log onto a computer to look at pictures, watch TV using a remote control, brush his teeth, feed hay to his owner's horses, water plants, and learned the schedule of passing ice cream trucks.
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It has been calculated that a single breath from a mature blue whale can inflate up to 2,000 balloons.
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