15% of snails survive digestion by birds and are found alive in their droppings, potentially leading to the spread of snail populations.
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Queen ants have one of the longest life-spans of any known insect - typically up to 30 years. Western harvester ant queens can live up to 40 years!
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The Hercules beetle, despite weighing only 100 grams, can lift 8 kilograms, making it one of the proportionally strongest animals in the world.
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There's a rare breed of pig that looks like a sheep.
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When a male gentoo penguin "falls in love" with a female penguin, he searches the entire beach to find the perfect pebble to present to her.
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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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Denmark has twice as many pigs as there are people.
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