Vampire bats adopt orphans, and are one of the few mammals known to risk their own lives to share food with less fortunate roost-mates.
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Squirrels will sometimes adopt orphaned baby squirrels that they’re related to.
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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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Sifrhippus was a species of horse about the size of an average duck and roamed North America 56 million years ago.
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Domestic pigs average a top speed of about 11 miles per hour.
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Drivers kill more deer than hunters do.
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The two oldest cats on record lived to 38 and 34 years old, both were owned by the same owner and lived off a diet of bacon, eggs, broccoli and coffee.
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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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