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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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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Some lizards, in which the tail is a major storage organ for accumulating reserves, will return to a dropped tail after the threat has passed, and will eat it to recover part of the sacrificed supplies.
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Mosquitoes don't just bite you, they also pee on you.
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The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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The male seahorse carries babies and 'gives birth' to them instead of the female.
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