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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Jumping fleas can accelerate 50 times faster than the space shuttle.
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A scorpion can hold its breath for up to 6 days.
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Christmas Island has bridges for crabs to stop them getting run over during the mass migration.
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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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The ancestor of all domestic cats is the African Wild Cat which still exists today.
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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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