The oldest creature ever found was Ming the clam at an admirable 507 years old.
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Cats and dogs can hear ultrasound.
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Gorillas can catch human colds and other illnesses.
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The oldest recorded elephant lived for 82 years.
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Nervous dogs wag their tails to the left, and happy dogs to the right (from the dog’s point of view) – and fellow canines pick up on this lop-sided tail language.
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Cows as they are today never existed in the wild and were domesticated from aurochs some 10,500 years ago.
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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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There was a bear called Wojtek who was adopted by Polish soldiers during WW2. It carried ammunition, wrestled with soldiers, and drank beer.
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