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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On some poorly researched trivia lists it is stated as a fact that a pregnant goldfish is called a twit. This is not true as goldfish lay eggs.
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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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Christmas Island has bridges for crabs to stop them getting run over during the mass migration.
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Lurch, a Watusi bull, had the largest horns in the world.
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Blue whale arteries are large enough for humans to swim through and their hearts are the size of cars.
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A scorpion can hold its breath for up to 6 days.
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