Alligators can live up to 100 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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The oldest creature ever found was Ming the clam at an admirable 507 years old.
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Cats sleep for 70% of their lives.
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Sergeant Stubby was the only war dog to be promoted to sergeant through combat in WWI. He saved his regiment from surprise mustard gas attacks, found and comforted the wounded, and even once caught a German spy by the seat of his pants, holding him there until American Soldiers found him.
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Jumping fleas can accelerate 50 times faster than the space shuttle.
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15% of snails survive digestion by birds and are found alive in their droppings, potentially leading to the spread of snail populations.
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There is a sea snail that wears a suit of iron plated armor. It is the only known animal to use iron sulphide as skeletal material.
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