A scorpion can hold its breath for up to 6 days.
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The Platypus used to be considered a myth like Bigfoot and the Yeti.
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Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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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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The two oldest cats on record lived to 38 and 34 years old, both were owned by the same owner and lived off a diet of bacon, eggs, broccoli and coffee.
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When you shave a guinea pig it looks like a little hippo.
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It has been estimated that a bite from a grizzly bear can crush a bowling ball.
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