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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It has been scientifically proven that stroking a cat can lower one's blood pressure!
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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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15% of snails survive digestion by birds and are found alive in their droppings, potentially leading to the spread of snail populations.
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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 reindeer is the only mammal that can see UV light.
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