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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Worker bees must visit around 4,000 flowers in order to make one tablespoon of honey.
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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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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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The ancestor of all domestic cats is the African Wild Cat which still exists today.
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Some lizards, in which the tail is a major storage organ for accumulating reserves, will return to a dropped tail after the threat has passed, and will eat it to recover part of the sacrificed supplies.
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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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Cows can sleep standing up, but they can only dream lying down.
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