The oldest known animal in the world was 'Ming' the 405 year old clam, discovered in 2007.
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The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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When Washoe, the first chimp to use sign language, was told that her caretaker's baby had died, she signed "CRY."
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Cats and dogs can hear ultrasound.
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The Basenji dog is the only dog that is not able to bark.
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In 1918, a homing pigeon saved over 190 American soldiers by delivering a message to nearby support despite having been shot through the breast, blinded in one eye, covered in blood, and with a leg hanging on by just a tendon.
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