Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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It has been estimated that a bite from a grizzly bear can crush a bowling ball.
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Dolphins can rapidly heal from extreme injuries, such as shark bites, and regenerate their original body shape.
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There's a young hippo and a 130+ year old tortoise in a Kenyan wildlife preserve who are best friends and they even sleep and play together.
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A hippo sleeping underwater automatically rises to the surface every ~4 minutes and breathes without waking.
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Some older/less efficient worker termites will develop 'backpacks' of toxic chemicals that explode when the termite is threatened. They are essentially used as suicide bombers when the colony is being attacked.
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In 1949, an official boxing match between a bear and a man was held. The bear won.
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