The oldest known animal in the world was 'Ming' the 405 year old clam, discovered in 2007.
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Worker bees must visit around 4,000 flowers in order to make one tablespoon of honey.
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Alligator snapping turtles can live for over 150 years. Scientists know this because some of the turtles had musket balls in their stomachs.
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Gorillas can catch human colds and other illnesses.
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A group of kittens is called a "kindle".
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The Hercules beetle, despite weighing only 100 grams, can lift 8 kilograms, making it one of the proportionally strongest animals in the world.
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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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A scorpion can hold its breath for up to 6 days.
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