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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There’s a bonobo named Kanzi who has learned to build a campfire and cook his own food.
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The male seahorse carries babies and 'gives birth' to them instead of the female.
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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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Camels and llamas can cross breed. The offspring is called a ‘Cama’.
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It has been calculated that a single breath from a mature blue whale can inflate up to 2,000 balloons.
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The Basenji dog is the only dog that is not able to bark.
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