The two oldest cats on record lived to 38 and 34 years old, both were owned by the same owner and lived off a diet of bacon, eggs, broccoli and coffee.
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Cats are one of the only animals to domesticate themselves and approach humans on their own terms.
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By putting a frog in a bucket of milk, scientists following up on an ancient Russian way of keeping milk from going sour have identified a wealth of new antibiotic substances.
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Macaques monkeys in Japan learned to steal purses and wallets, take out the coins, and use them to buy drinks and snacks from vending machines.
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A scorpion can hold its breath for up to 6 days.
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The oldest recorded elephant lived for 82 years.
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Cats recognise the voice of their owner, but never evolved to care.
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In Australia, there are spiders big enough to eat snakes.
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