- Paul the Psychic Octopus - He predicted World Cup winners before passing away at age two.
- Lucy Temerlin - The saddest story I've ever heard. She was a chimp raised as a human.
- Peter/Pierre Brassau - The avant-garde modern art monkey.
- Harriet - A Galapagos tortoise collected by Darwin himself (probably). She was the third oldest at 175 years old.
- Old Bet- America's first elephant and was shot by a farmer.
- Albert II- First monkey in space.
- Kanzi - A bonobo that can speak English. Amazing!
- Laika- This dog was the first animal in orbit, but died during the flight.
- Dolly - This sheep was the first cloned mammal. (Fun fact - Named for Dolly Parton because the cells used were mammary.)
- Castor and Pollux - Elephants served to Parisians.
- Fu Manchu - A super sly orangutan.
- Annabelle- The painting elephant.
- Operation Acoustic Kitty - CIA espionage cat that was promptly struck by a taxi cab.
- Koko and her kitties - The world famous signing gorilla.
- George the lobster - He was liberated fom City Crab & Seafood restaurant, NYC at 140 years old.
- Alex - An extremely bright African Grey Parrot (Avian Language EXperiment)
- Guinefort - A French greyhound saint of infants.
- Little Irvy - A traveling sideshow, frozen sperm whale from 1967.
- G.I. Joe - A war hero pigeon.
- Punxsutawney Phil - Much beloved weather predicting rodent, although he's only had 39% accuracy. I still have my fingers crossed for an early Spring though.
- Mike the Headless Chicken - Whoa.
- Giant Octopus - It lives under the Tacoma Narrows Bridge.
jan 23 2011 ∞
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