Sandy, an African Penguin, has been in 'love' with her keeper at the Nuremburg zoo since 1996.
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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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Shark corneas are used in eye transplants and shark bone marrow can be used to graft human bones.
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The Pistol Shrimp can snap its claws together to create a sound of 218 decibels, louder than as supersonic jet at full speed. It only lasts for 1 millisecond. The snapping action also creates a bubble that is greater than 5000 Kelvin, close to the surface temperature of the sun.
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Camels and llamas can cross breed. The offspring is called a ‘Cama’.
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Cats are one of the only animals to domesticate themselves and approach humans on their own terms.
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