The Platypus used to be considered a myth like Bigfoot and the Yeti.
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A koi fish, named "Hanako", was owned by several individuals over many years and lived to be 226 years old, dying in 1977.
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Sharks, like other fish, have their reproductive organs in their chests.
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George was the world's largest dog who weighed 233 pounds, stood at 43 inches tall from paw to shoulder, and ate 180 pounds of food a month.
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Travis was a chimpanzee who socialized with humans since birth. He could log onto a computer to look at pictures, watch TV using a remote control, brush his teeth, feed hay to his owner's horses, water plants, and learned the schedule of passing ice cream trucks.
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Ants tend to survive in a microwave because they find the coolest spot and wait!
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Rattlesnake mating sessions have been known to last more than 22 hours.
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When a drone bee mates with a queen, its ejaculation is so powerful that it can even be heard by the human ear.
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