Queen ants have one of the longest life-spans of any known insect - typically up to 30 years. Western harvester ant queens can live up to 40 years!
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An elephant trunk has no bone but 40,000 muscles.
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Racehorses can wear out new horse shoes in one race.
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Ducks will only lay eggs early in the morning.
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Some lizards, in which the tail is a major storage organ for accumulating reserves, will return to a dropped tail after the threat has passed, and will eat it to recover part of the sacrificed supplies.
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When a male honey bee climaxes during sex, his testicles explode and then he dies.
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The starfish is one of the few animals who can turn it's stomach inside-out!
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