Whales and dolphins can't taste anything other than salt.
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Bats sleep 18-20 hours per day.
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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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There is a sea snail that wears a suit of iron plated armor. It is the only known animal to use iron sulphide as skeletal material.
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Sheep, goats, octopuses, and toads have rectangular pupils.
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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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A group of kittens is called a "kindle".
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