When the "Elephant Whisperer" Lawrence Anthony died, a whole herd of elephants arrived at his house to mourn him.
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There was a bear called Wojtek who was adopted by Polish soldiers during WW2. It carried ammunition, wrestled with soldiers, and drank beer.
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Some lizards, in which the tail is a major storage organ for accumulating reserves, will return to a dropped tail after the threat has passed, and will eat it to recover part of the sacrificed supplies.
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Dolphins have names for one another.
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The oldest creature ever found was Ming the clam at an admirable 507 years old.
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It has been calculated that a single breath from a mature blue whale can inflate up to 2,000 balloons.
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