The Hercules beetle, despite weighing only 100 grams, can lift 8 kilograms, making it one of the proportionally strongest animals in the world.
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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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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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Dolphins sometimes have fun by blowing bubbles and creating rings of air underwater, which they then swim through.
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Squirrels will sometimes adopt orphaned baby squirrels that they’re related to.
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