The oldest recorded elephant lived for 82 years.
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Cows can sleep standing up, but they can only dream lying down.
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Cats sleep for 70% of their lives.
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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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The oldest creature ever found was Ming the clam at an admirable 507 years old.
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In Australia, there are spiders big enough to eat snakes.
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Baks the blind boxer has a seeing eye goose named Buttons; a four-year-old goose who leads the pup around everywhere either by hanging onto him with her neck, or by honking to tell him which way to go.
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The Platypus used to be considered a myth like Bigfoot and the Yeti.
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