A zoo in China gave a gay penguin couple the opportunity to raise a chick.
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Gorillas can catch human colds and other illnesses.
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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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Unsinkable Sam (nickname of a German ship's cat) who served on 3 warships, one German, two British, all sank in action. The cat survived each sinking, floating away on wooden planks to rescue.
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A hippo sleeping underwater automatically rises to the surface every ~4 minutes and breathes without waking.
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There's a young hippo and a 130+ year old tortoise in a Kenyan wildlife preserve who are best friends and they even sleep and play together.
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