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 CIA once spent $20 million on a cat equipped with gear to spy on the Soviets, but it was hit by a taxi.
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The ancestor of all domestic cats is the African Wild Cat which still exists today.
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An average cat has 1-8 kittens per litter and can have 2-3 litters per year. During her productive life, one female cat could have more than 100 kittens. A single pair of cats and their kittens can produce as many as 420,000 kittens in just 7 years.
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Blue whale arteries are large enough for humans to swim through and their hearts are the size of cars.
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Vampire bats adopt orphans, and are one of the few mammals known to risk their own lives to share food with less fortunate roost-mates.
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