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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When a male honey bee climaxes during sex, his testicles explode and then he dies.
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In 1918, a homing pigeon saved over 190 American soldiers by delivering a message to nearby support despite having been shot through the breast, blinded in one eye, covered in blood, and with a leg hanging on by just a tendon.
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Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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Early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
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The oldest creature ever found was Ming the clam at an admirable 507 years old.
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