A domestic cat can sprint at about 31 miles per hour.
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Whales and dolphins can't taste anything other than salt.
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The oldest known animal in the world was 'Ming' the 405 year old clam, discovered in 2007.
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Sharks have been on the planet longer than trees.
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Cows as they are today never existed in the wild and were domesticated from aurochs some 10,500 years ago.
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Worker bees must visit around 4,000 flowers in order to make one tablespoon of honey.
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Sandy, an African Penguin, has been in 'love' with her keeper at the Nuremburg zoo since 1996.
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A giraffe's kick is so powerful that it can decapitate a lion.
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