The oldest creature ever found was Ming the clam at an admirable 507 years old.
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The elephant brain weighs about 6,000g.
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There's a phone app called RoboRoach that allows you to remotely control a cockroach through a chip that you to manually implant into the unwitting critter.
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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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When the "Elephant Whisperer" Lawrence Anthony died, a whole herd of elephants arrived at his house to mourn him.
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