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 newborn Chinese water deer is so small, it can (almost) be held in the palm of a hand.
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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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A zoo in China gave a gay penguin couple the opportunity to raise a chick.
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Denmark has twice as many pigs as there are people.
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In 1949, an official boxing match between a bear and a man was held. The bear won.
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