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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Squirrels will sometimes adopt orphaned baby squirrels that they’re related to.
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The oldest recorded elephant lived for 82 years.
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Honeypot ants are a unique insect that use their own bodies as living storage pots of honey.
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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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Blue whale arteries are large enough for humans to swim through and their hearts are the size of cars.
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The most expensive cow in the world was sold in 2009 for $1.2 million.
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