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 oldest known animal in the world was 'Ming' the 405 year old clam, discovered in 2007.
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Sifrhippus was a species of horse about the size of an average duck and roamed North America 56 million years ago.
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Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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A 42-foot sperm whale has about 7 tons of oil in it.
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The CIA once spent $20 million on a cat equipped with gear to spy on the Soviets, but it was hit by a taxi.
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Shark corneas are used in eye transplants and shark bone marrow can be used to graft human bones.
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Tigers can see 6 times better at night than humans.
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