Cats lose almost as much fluid in the saliva while grooming themselves as they do through urination!
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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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It has been scientifically proven that stroking a cat can lower one's blood pressure!
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If a vampire bat goes 2 days without drinking blood, they can die. However, well fed female bats will puke up blood and share it with other bats that they like in exchange for grooming.
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There was a bear called Wojtek who was adopted by Polish soldiers during WW2. It carried ammunition, wrestled with soldiers, and drank beer.
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A lion in the wild usually makes no more than twenty kills a year.
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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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