The oldest creature ever found was Ming the clam at an admirable 507 years old.
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The colossal squid has the largest eyes in the world.
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Shark corneas are used in eye transplants and shark bone marrow can be used to graft human bones.
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The ancestor of all domestic cats is the African Wild Cat which still exists today.
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During World War 1, starving wolves amassed in such great numbers that Germans and Russians had a temporary cease fire to fight off the wolf attacks.
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Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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Blue whale arteries are large enough for humans to swim through and their hearts are the size of cars.
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