Vanilla flavoring is sometimes made with an ingredient from beaver pee.
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Queen ants have one of the longest life-spans of any known insect - typically up to 30 years. Western harvester ant queens can live up to 40 years!
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Dolphins sometimes have fun by blowing bubbles and creating rings of air underwater, which they then swim through.
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One reason that kittens sleep so much is because a growth hormone is released only during sleep.
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The two oldest cats on record lived to 38 and 34 years old, both were owned by the same owner and lived off a diet of bacon, eggs, broccoli and coffee.
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Gorillas can catch human colds and other illnesses.
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When a drone bee mates with a queen, its ejaculation is so powerful that it can even be heard by the human ear.
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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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