Dogs sometimes fake being sick to get attention.
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Two dogs were among the Titanic survivors.
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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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An average cat has 1-8 kittens per litter and can have 2-3 litters per year. During her productive life, one female cat could have more than 100 kittens. A single pair of cats and their kittens can produce as many as 420,000 kittens in just 7 years.
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A giraffe's kick is so powerful that it can decapitate a lion.
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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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The cat brain weighs about 30g.
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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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