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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The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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The oldest recorded elephant lived for 82 years.
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The elephant brain weighs about 6,000g.
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The ancestor of all domestic cats is the African Wild Cat which still exists today.
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The reindeer is the only mammal that can see UV light.
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