Sharks, like other fish, have their reproductive organs in their chests.
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Sheep, goats, octopuses, and toads have rectangular pupils.
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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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Shark corneas are used in eye transplants and shark bone marrow can be used to graft human bones.
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In 1949, an official boxing match between a bear and a man was held. The bear won.
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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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