There’s a bonobo named Kanzi who has learned to build a campfire and cook his own food.
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A 42-foot sperm whale has about 7 tons of oil in it.
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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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There is a sea snail that wears a suit of iron plated armor. It is the only known animal to use iron sulphide as skeletal material.
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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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A cat can jump FIVE TIMES as high as it is tall!
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Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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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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