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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Lobsters have blue blood.
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Worker bees must visit around 4,000 flowers in order to make one tablespoon of honey.
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The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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Travis was a chimpanzee who socialized with humans since birth. He could log onto a computer to look at pictures, watch TV using a remote control, brush his teeth, feed hay to his owner's horses, water plants, and learned the schedule of passing ice cream trucks.
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Dire wolves actually existed, living up to 10,000 years ago before going extinct.
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Baks the blind boxer has a seeing eye goose named Buttons; a four-year-old goose who leads the pup around everywhere either by hanging onto him with her neck, or by honking to tell him which way to go.
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