When Washoe, the first chimp to use sign language, was told that her caretaker's baby had died, she signed "CRY."
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Sloths take two weeks to digest their food.
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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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Mosquitoes prefer certain blood types, and people with the “O” blood type are more likely to get bitten.
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All pandas are ‘owned’ by China. They rent them out to zoos for $1mil/year each with minimum of 10 years.
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Domestic pigs average a top speed of about 11 miles per hour.
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Camels and llamas can cross breed. The offspring is called a ‘Cama’.
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