Vanilla flavoring is sometimes made with an ingredient from beaver pee.
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Vampire bats adopt orphans, and are one of the few mammals known to risk their own lives to share food with less fortunate roost-mates.
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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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A zoo in China gave a gay penguin couple the opportunity to raise a chick.
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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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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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