The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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The two oldest cats on record lived to 38 and 34 years old, both were owned by the same owner and lived off a diet of bacon, eggs, broccoli and coffee.
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The Hercules beetle, despite weighing only 100 grams, can lift 8 kilograms, making it one of the proportionally strongest animals in the world.
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Urechis unicinctus is a species of marine spoon worm that is widely referred to as the ‘penis fish’.
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Parrotfish make themselves a kind of mucus 'sleeping bag' which masks their smell from predators and keeps parasites away.
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Cows can sleep standing up, but they can only dream lying down.
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