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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The octopus does not have a blind spot.
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In 2011, a male tiger in India adopted a litter of orphaned cubs, taking on the role of ‘mother’. Wildlife officials say such behavior had never been observed before.
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George was the world's largest dog who weighed 233 pounds, stood at 43 inches tall from paw to shoulder, and ate 180 pounds of food a month.
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Honeypot ants are a unique insect that use their own bodies as living storage pots of honey.
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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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Cows can sleep standing up, but they can only dream lying down.
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