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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Sloths take two weeks to digest their food.
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One reason that kittens sleep so much is because a growth hormone is released only during sleep.
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Worker bees must visit around 4,000 flowers in order to make one tablespoon of honey.
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The cat brain weighs about 30g.
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The largest breed of rabbit is the Flemish Giant.
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There's a phone app called RoboRoach that allows you to remotely control a cockroach through a chip that you to manually implant into the unwitting critter.
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In 2005, in Africa, it was reported that three lions rescued a 12-year-old girl from kidnappers and guarded her for half a day until help came.
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