In order to enhance the taste, Japanese macaque wash their food in salt water before they eat. They also make snowballs for fun!
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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 Lion's Mane Jellyfish is the largest jellyfish in the world. They have been swimming in arctic waters since before the dinosaurs (over 650 million years ago).
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By putting a frog in a bucket of milk, scientists following up on an ancient Russian way of keeping milk from going sour have identified a wealth of new antibiotic substances.
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An Indian man known as "Snake Manu" can put small snakes, including deadly cobras, into his mouth and pass them out through his nose.
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The elephant brain weighs about 6,000g.
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Mosquitoes prefer certain blood types, and people with the “O” blood type are more likely to get bitten.
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