The oldest creature ever found was Ming the clam at an admirable 507 years old.
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The elephant brain weighs about 6,000g.
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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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Allegedly, Chrysippus, the Greek philosopher, died of laughter after getting his donkey drunk and watching it try to eat figs.
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Meysi is one of the world's smallest dogs, measuring in at just 7cm tall, 12cm long, and weighing a meagre 250 grams (only slightly heavier than a hamster!)
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Some older/less efficient worker termites will develop 'backpacks' of toxic chemicals that explode when the termite is threatened. They are essentially used as suicide bombers when the colony is being attacked.
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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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A cat can jump FIVE TIMES as high as it is tall!
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