The oldest creature ever found was Ming the clam at an admirable 507 years old.
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Shark corneas are used in eye transplants and shark bone marrow can be used to graft human bones.
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A koi fish, named "Hanako", was owned by several individuals over many years and lived to be 226 years old, dying in 1977.
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Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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