There's a young hippo and a 130+ year old tortoise in a Kenyan wildlife preserve who are best friends and they even sleep and play together.
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The oldest recorded elephant lived for 82 years.
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A scorpion can hold its breath for up to 6 days.
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Ants have tiny magnetic compasses in their antennae which help them navigate.
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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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Tigers, leopards, and jaguars love "Calvin Klein's Obsession for Men". The scent is used to attract animals to cameras in the wilderness, and was even a turn on for one pair of Jaguars who were subject to it.
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The CIA once spent $20 million on a cat equipped with gear to spy on the Soviets, but it was hit by a taxi.
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When dragonflies mate, their tails form a love heart.
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