Lurch, a Watusi bull, had the largest horns in the world.
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The oldest known animal in the world was 'Ming' the 405 year old clam, discovered in 2007.
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The octopus does not have a blind spot.
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The Hercules beetle, despite weighing only 100 grams, can lift 8 kilograms, making it one of the proportionally strongest animals in the world.
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In 1918, a homing pigeon saved over 190 American soldiers by delivering a message to nearby support despite having been shot through the breast, blinded in one eye, covered in blood, and with a leg hanging on by just a tendon.
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The largest earthworm on record was found in South Africa and measured 22 feet.
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