The elephant brain weighs about 6,000g.
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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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There's a rare breed of pig that looks like a sheep.
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In 1918, a homing pigeon saved over 190 American soldiers by delivering a message to nearby support despite having been shot through the breast, blinded in one eye, covered in blood, and with a leg hanging on by just a tendon.
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Dogs sometimes fake being sick to get attention.
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Lurch, a Watusi bull, had the largest horns in the world.
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It has been estimated that a bite from a grizzly bear can crush a bowling ball.
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Some older/less efficient worker termites will develop 'backpacks' of toxic chemicals that explode when the termite is threatened. They are essentially used as suicide bombers when the colony is being attacked.
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