Meysi is one of the world's smallest dogs, measuring in at just 7cm tall, 12cm long, and weighing a meagre 250 grams (only slightly heavier than a hamster!)
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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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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Some older/less efficient worker termites will develop 'backpacks' of toxic chemicals that explode when the termite is threatened. They are essentially used as suicide bombers when the colony is being attacked.
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The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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The oldest recorded elephant lived for 82 years.
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