Alligator snapping turtles can live for over 150 years. Scientists know this because some of the turtles had musket balls in their stomachs.
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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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Blue whale arteries are large enough for humans to swim through and their hearts are the size of cars.
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The station master and operating officer at the Kishi Station, Japan, is a cat!
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Squirrels forget where they hide about half of their nuts.
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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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The most expensive cow in the world was sold in 2009 for $1.2 million.
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