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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A scorpion can hold its breath for up to 6 days.
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Cats are one of the only animals to domesticate themselves and approach humans on their own terms.
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The Basenji dog is the only dog that is not able to bark.
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A zoo in China gave a gay penguin couple the opportunity to raise a chick.
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A hippo sleeping underwater automatically rises to the surface every ~4 minutes and breathes without waking.
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Nervous dogs wag their tails to the left, and happy dogs to the right (from the dog’s point of view) – and fellow canines pick up on this lop-sided tail language.
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