The station master and operating officer at the Kishi Station, Japan, is a cat!
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Dogs have been man's pet for over 14,000 years.
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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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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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Alligators can live up to 100 years.
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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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A giraffe's kick is so powerful that it can decapitate a lion.
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