Elephants are terrified of Bees and actually have a special, distinct vocalization for “Run away the Bees are angry”
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There is a sea snail that wears a suit of iron plated armor. It is the only known animal to use iron sulphide as skeletal material.
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Jellyfish as a species are actually older than dinosaurs and sharks.
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There's a young hippo and a 130+ year old tortoise in a Kenyan wildlife preserve who are best friends and they even sleep and play together.
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A cow produces around 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.
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Sifrhippus was a species of horse about the size of an average duck and roamed North America 56 million 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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