Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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The oldest recorded elephant lived for 82 years.
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Cats sleep for 70% of their lives.
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Squirrels will sometimes adopt orphaned baby squirrels that they’re related to.
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Using a remote-controlled camera, biologists caught dolphins getting high by sucking on puffer fish. They were even caught passing the puffer fish around.
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One reason that kittens sleep so much is because a growth hormone is released only during sleep.
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The Pistol Shrimp can snap its claws together to create a sound of 218 decibels, louder than as supersonic jet at full speed. It only lasts for 1 millisecond. The snapping action also creates a bubble that is greater than 5000 Kelvin, close to the surface temperature of the sun.
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