The oldest recorded elephant lived for 82 years.
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In 1918, a homing pigeon saved over 190 American soldiers by delivering a message to nearby support despite having been shot through the breast, blinded in one eye, covered in blood, and with a leg hanging on by just a tendon.
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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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Cats are one of the only animals to domesticate themselves and approach humans on their own terms.
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When dragonflies mate, their tails form a love heart.
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There is a sea snail that wears a suit of iron plated armor. It is the only known animal to use iron sulphide as skeletal material.
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