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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The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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A newborn Chinese water deer is so small, it can (almost) be held in the palm of a hand.
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Macaques monkeys in Japan learned to steal purses and wallets, take out the coins, and use them to buy drinks and snacks from vending machines.
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Meysi is one of the world's smallest dogs, measuring in at just 7cm tall, 12cm long, and weighing a meagre 250 grams (only slightly heavier than a hamster!)
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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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