Random Animal Facts

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    When Washoe, the first chimp to use sign language, was told that her caretaker's baby had died, she signed "CRY."
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    A zoo in China gave a gay penguin couple the opportunity to raise a chick.
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    It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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    The largest earthworm on record was found in South Africa and measured 22 feet.
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    Male Orangutans Can Be Attracted to Women with Red Hair.
    Male orangutans can be attracted to women with red hair. One male, Hsing Hisng, has even ripped pictures of Nicole Kidman out of magazines and placed them in his enclosure.
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    A group of kittens is called a "kindle".
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    Alligator snapping turtles can live for over 150 years. Scientists know this because some of the turtles had musket balls in their stomachs.
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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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