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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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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Lobsters have blue blood.
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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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It has been calculated that a single breath from a mature blue whale can inflate up to 2,000 balloons.
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Gorillas can catch human colds and other illnesses.
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