Travis was a chimpanzee who socialized with humans since birth. He could log onto a computer to look at pictures, watch TV using a remote control, brush his teeth, feed hay to his owner's horses, water plants, and learned the schedule of passing ice cream trucks.
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There is a sea snail that wears a suit of iron plated armor. It is the only known animal to use iron sulphide as skeletal material.
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Baks the blind boxer has a seeing eye goose named Buttons; a four-year-old goose who leads the pup around everywhere either by hanging onto him with her neck, or by honking to tell him which way to go.
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Vanilla flavoring is sometimes made with an ingredient from beaver pee.
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Sharks, like other fish, have their reproductive organs in their chests.
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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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Worker bees must visit around 4,000 flowers in order to make one tablespoon of honey.
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