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There is a species of clam that can grow up to four feet long and weigh up to 500 pounds.

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Titanoboa was the largest snake that ever lived, measuring in at 13-15 meters in length and weighing about 2,500 lbs.

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Sloths swim 3x faster than they move on land, and can hold their breath for up to 40 minutes

Sloths can swim three times faster than they can move on land. They can also hold their breath for up to 40 minutes.

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The firefly is not actually a fly, but a beetle.

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Honeybees never sleep.

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The Jewel Wasp injects a drug into a cockroach’s brain, turns it into a zombie, rides it like a horse back to its burrow, and then lets its hatched larvae feed on the cockroaches body from the inside.

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Octopuses enter a dementia-like state after breeding, forget what happened

After octopuses breed, they develop dementia. They then live the rest of their lives in this confused, seemingly lost state, with apparently no knowledge of previous events.

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It's possible to lead a cow upstairs, but not downstairs.

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