The Hercules beetle, despite weighing only 100 grams, can lift 8 kilograms, making it one of the proportionally strongest animals in the world.
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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 first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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Sandy, an African Penguin, has been in 'love' with her keeper at the Nuremburg zoo since 1996.
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There’s a bonobo named Kanzi who has learned to build a campfire and cook his own food.
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Alligator snapping turtles can live for over 150 years. Scientists know this because some of the turtles had musket balls in their stomachs.
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A cow produces around 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.
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The most expensive cow in the world was sold in 2009 for $1.2 million.
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