A scorpion can hold its breath for up to 6 days.
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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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There is a sea snail that wears a suit of iron plated armor. It is the only known animal to use iron sulphide as skeletal material.
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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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Christmas Island has bridges for crabs to stop them getting run over during the mass migration.
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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 cat brain weighs about 30g.
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