When Koko, the gorilla famous for knowing sign language, was asked where gorillas go after death, she responded by signing “Comfortable hole, bye.”
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A group of kittens is called a "kindle".
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Rattlesnake mating sessions have been known to last more than 22 hours.
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Mosquitoes prefer certain blood types, and people with the “O” blood type are more likely to get bitten.
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Unsinkable Sam (nickname of a German ship's cat) who served on 3 warships, one German, two British, all sank in action. The cat survived each sinking, floating away on wooden planks to rescue.
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Ants have tiny magnetic compasses in their antennae which help them navigate.
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There's a young hippo and a 130+ year old tortoise in a Kenyan wildlife preserve who are best friends and they even sleep and play together.
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