Jumping fleas can accelerate 50 times faster than the space shuttle.
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Gorillas can catch human colds and other illnesses.
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The oldest recorded elephant lived for 82 years.
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Unsinkable Sam (nickname of a German ship's cat) who served on 3 warships, one German, two British, all sank in action. The cat survived each sinking, floating away on wooden planks to rescue.
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Lurch, a Watusi bull, had the largest horns in the world.
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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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Domestic pigs average a top speed of about 11 miles per hour.
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