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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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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A lion in the wild usually makes no more than twenty kills a year.
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Cats are one of the only animals to domesticate themselves and approach humans on their own terms.
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The reindeer is the only mammal that can see UV light.
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It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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