The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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The station master and operating officer at the Kishi Station, Japan, is a cat!
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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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Parrotfish make themselves a kind of mucus 'sleeping bag' which masks their smell from predators and keeps parasites away.
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There’s a bonobo named Kanzi who has learned to build a campfire and cook his own food.
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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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