Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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Alligator snapping turtles can live for over 150 years. Scientists know this because some of the turtles had musket balls in their stomachs.
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The oldest recorded elephant lived for 82 years.
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Shark corneas are used in eye transplants and shark bone marrow can be used to graft human bones.
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Dolphins sometimes have fun by blowing bubbles and creating rings of air underwater, which they then swim through.
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Vampire bats adopt orphans, and are one of the few mammals known to risk their own lives to share food with less fortunate roost-mates.
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