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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A newborn Chinese water deer is so small, it can (almost) be held in the palm of a hand.
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Rex the German Shepherd was a rescue dog with a bad temper. He refused to be fed by humans and would attack strangers, but he’s a changed dog after falling in love with Geraldine the goose!
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The elephant brain weighs about 6,000g.
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The oldest known animal in the world was 'Ming' the 405 year old clam, discovered in 2007.
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It has been calculated that a single breath from a mature blue whale can inflate up to 2,000 balloons.
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The most expensive cow in the world was sold in 2009 for $1.2 million.
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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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