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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The largest breed of rabbit is the Flemish Giant.
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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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In 1949, an official boxing match between a bear and a man was held. The bear won.
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There was a bear called Wojtek who was adopted by Polish soldiers during WW2. It carried ammunition, wrestled with soldiers, and drank beer.
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Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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