Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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A giraffe's kick is so powerful that it can decapitate a lion.
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Sloths take two weeks to digest their food.
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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 oldest known animal in the world was 'Ming' the 405 year old clam, discovered in 2007.
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A koi fish, named "Hanako", was owned by several individuals over many years and lived to be 226 years old, dying in 1977.
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