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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Queen ants have one of the longest life-spans of any known insect - typically up to 30 years. Western harvester ant queens can live up to 40 years!
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Some older/less efficient worker termites will develop 'backpacks' of toxic chemicals that explode when the termite is threatened. They are essentially used as suicide bombers when the colony is being attacked.
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One reason that kittens sleep so much is because a growth hormone is released only during sleep.
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The head of a jellyfish is called the "Bell."
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It has been calculated that a single breath from a mature blue whale can inflate up to 2,000 balloons.
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Tigers can see 6 times better at night than humans.
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Sharks have been on the planet longer than trees.
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