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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An average cat has 1-8 kittens per litter and can have 2-3 litters per year. During her productive life, one female cat could have more than 100 kittens. A single pair of cats and their kittens can produce as many as 420,000 kittens in just 7 years.
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Baks the blind boxer has a seeing eye goose named Buttons; a four-year-old goose who leads the pup around everywhere either by hanging onto him with her neck, or by honking to tell him which way to go.
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Sifrhippus was a species of horse about the size of an average duck and roamed North America 56 million years ago.
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When you shave a guinea pig it looks like a little hippo.
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The colossal squid has the largest eyes in the world.
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Honeypot ants are a unique insect that use their own bodies as living storage pots of honey.
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