A tortoise named Adwaita lived to 255 years old. To put it into perspective, he was born before the United States of America existed and his death was announced on CNN (1750-2006).
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Crows living in some urban areas drop nuts into traffic to let the passing cars crush them, then they wait for the red lights to stop the traffic so they can grab and eat it.
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When Washoe, the first chimp to use sign language, was told that her caretaker's baby had died, she signed "CRY."
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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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When cats are happy, they may squeeze their eyes shut.
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Dogs sometimes fake being sick to get attention.
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There's a young hippo and a 130+ year old tortoise in a Kenyan wildlife preserve who are best friends and they even sleep and play together.
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