The oldest recorded elephant lived for 82 years.
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Christmas Island has bridges for crabs to stop them getting run over during the mass migration.
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One reason that kittens sleep so much is because a growth hormone is released only during sleep.
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When dragonflies mate, their tails form a love heart.
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Dolphins sometimes have fun by blowing bubbles and creating rings of air underwater, which they then swim through.
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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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It has been scientifically proven that stroking a cat can lower one's blood pressure!
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