In Australia, there are spiders big enough to eat snakes.
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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's a lizard known as the 'Jesus Lizard' that can run across water.
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When Koko, the gorilla famous for knowing sign language, was asked where gorillas go after death, she responded by signing “Comfortable hole, bye.”
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Alligators can live up to 100 years.
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The elephant brain weighs about 6,000g.
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It has been calculated that a single breath from a mature blue whale can inflate up to 2,000 balloons.
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