The oldest recorded elephant lived for 82 years.
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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 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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Worker bees must visit around 4,000 flowers in order to make one tablespoon of honey.
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Mosquitoes prefer certain blood types, and people with the “O” blood type are more likely to get bitten.
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Sandy, an African Penguin, has been in 'love' with her keeper at the Nuremburg zoo since 1996.
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The oldest creature ever found was Ming the clam at an admirable 507 years old.
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