A hippo sleeping underwater automatically rises to the surface every ~4 minutes and breathes without waking.
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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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Jellyfish as a species are actually older than dinosaurs and sharks.
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The most expensive dog in the world is the Tibetan Mastiff; worth $1.5 million.
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Nervous dogs wag their tails to the left, and happy dogs to the right (from the dog’s point of view) – and fellow canines pick up on this lop-sided tail language.
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Rex the German Shepherd was a rescue dog with a bad temper. He refused to be fed by humans and would attack strangers, but he’s a changed dog after falling in love with Geraldine the goose!
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Ants tend to survive in a microwave because they find the coolest spot and wait!
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