Bowa akhala akumwa poizoni nthawi zonse. Banja la wolemba ndakatulo wina wachigiriki wakale linafa ndi bowa wakupha Ma Euripides, wolemba Medea. Bowa adapha Papa Clement VII ndi mfumu ya ku France Charles VI.
Maphunziro amtundu wa ma genetic a bowa ndi nyama awonetsa kuti DNA yawo ili pafupi kwambiri momwe angathere. Izi zikutsatira zododometsa, poyang'ana koyamba: bowa, pamodzi ndi nyama, ndi achibale apamtima a anthu.
Bowa wa chipewa omwe amadziwika kwa onse amakula m'masiku 3-6, amafa m'masiku 10-14. Bowa omwe amapanga ndere amakhala zaka 600.