Alligator snapping turtles can live for over 150 years. Scientists know this because some of the turtles had musket balls in their stomachs.
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Travis was a chimpanzee who socialized with humans since birth. He could log onto a computer to look at pictures, watch TV using a remote control, brush his teeth, feed hay to his owner's horses, water plants, and learned the schedule of passing ice cream trucks.
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A newborn Chinese water deer is so small, it can (almost) be held in the palm of a hand.
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There’s a bonobo named Kanzi who has learned to build a campfire and cook his own food.
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Ants have tiny magnetic compasses in their antennae which help them navigate.
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Dogs have been man's pet for over 14,000 years.
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The difference between antlers and horns is that antlers are shed each year and are made of bone while horns are kept for life and are made of living tissue and bone with a sheath that is very similar to human finger nails.
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