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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A giraffe's kick is so powerful that it can decapitate a lion.
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Lobsters have blue blood.
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Ants have tiny magnetic compasses in their antennae which help them navigate.
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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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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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Meysi is one of the world's smallest dogs, measuring in at just 7cm tall, 12cm long, and weighing a meagre 250 grams (only slightly heavier than a hamster!)
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