The oldest recorded elephant lived for 82 years.
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Early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
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The sound of a tiger's roar can travel a distance of up to 2 miles (~3 km).
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Squirrels will sometimes adopt orphaned baby squirrels that they’re related to.
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Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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A tortoise named Adwaita lived to 255 years old. To put it into perspective, he was born before the United States of America existed and his death was announced on CNN (1750-2006).
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Shark corneas are used in eye transplants and shark bone marrow can be used to graft human bones.
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