The world's oldest crow was 59 years old. Its name was Tataji.
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The cicada, a fly found in Africa, spends 17 years of its life sleeping; and only two weeks is awake during which mates and then dies.
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A group of ferrets is called a business.
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Using a remote-controlled camera, biologists caught dolphins getting high by sucking on puffer fish. They were even caught passing the puffer fish around.
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No one has ever been able to domesticate the African elephant. Only the Indian elephant can be trained by man.
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Vampire bats adopt orphans, and are one of the few mammals known to risk their own lives to share food with less fortunate roost-mates.
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Parrotfish make themselves a kind of mucus 'sleeping bag' which masks their smell from predators and keeps parasites away.
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One reason that kittens sleep so much is because a growth hormone is released only during sleep.
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