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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Squirrels forget where they hide about half of their nuts.
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Vanilla flavoring is sometimes made with an ingredient from beaver pee.
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Condoms were originally made of animal intestines or linen.
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Cats sleep for 70% of their lives.
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Unsinkable Sam (nickname of a German ship's cat) who served on 3 warships, one German, two British, all sank in action. The cat survived each sinking, floating away on wooden planks to rescue.
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Early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
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A newborn Chinese water deer is so small, it can (almost) be held in the palm of a hand.
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