Random Animal Facts

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    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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    A 42-foot sperm whale has about 7 tons of oil in it.
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    An average cat has 1-8 kittens per litter and can have 2-3 litters per year. During her productive life, one female cat could have more than 100 kittens. A single pair of cats and their kittens can produce as many as 420,000 kittens in just 7 years.
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    Completely-black chicken
    Completely-black chicken
    There’s a rare breed of chicken called Ayam Cemani that’s completely black. They have black plumage, legs, nails, beak, and even black meat, bones, and a black tongue!
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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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    Drivers kill more deer than hunters do.
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    Flatworms Mating
    Flatworms Mating
    When flatworms mate, two "males" use their bifurcated penises to fence one another. The winner, or the flatworm who stabs the other with its penis, remains a male while the loser becomes female.
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    Shark corneas are used in eye transplants and shark bone marrow can be used to graft human bones.
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