Alligator snapping turtles can live for over 150 years. Scientists know this because some of the turtles had musket balls in their stomachs.
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Jumping fleas can accelerate 50 times faster than the space shuttle.
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Jellyfish as a species are actually older than dinosaurs and sharks.
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Crows living in some urban areas drop nuts into traffic to let the passing cars crush them, then they wait for the red lights to stop the traffic so they can grab and eat it.
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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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When a drone bee mates with a queen, its ejaculation is so powerful that it can even be heard by the human ear.
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Some older/less efficient worker termites will develop 'backpacks' of toxic chemicals that explode when the termite is threatened. They are essentially used as suicide bombers when the colony is being attacked.
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