By putting a frog in a bucket of milk, scientists following up on an ancient Russian way of keeping milk from going sour have identified a wealth of new antibiotic substances.
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Alligators can live up to 100 years.
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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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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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Cats recognise the voice of their owner, but never evolved to care.
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Cows as they are today never existed in the wild and were domesticated from aurochs some 10,500 years ago.
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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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