A scorpion can hold its breath for up to 6 days.
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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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Travis was a chimpanzee who socialized with humans since birth. He could log onto a computer to look at pictures, watch TV using a remote control, brush his teeth, feed hay to his owner's horses, water plants, and learned the schedule of passing ice cream trucks.
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The elephant brain weighs about 6,000g.
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Dire wolves actually existed, living up to 10,000 years ago before going extinct.
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Cats are one of the only animals to domesticate themselves and approach humans on their own terms.
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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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