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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In the movie 'The Wizard Of Oz', Toto the dog's salary was $125 a week, while Judy Garland’s was $500 a week.
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Cows as they are today never existed in the wild and were domesticated from aurochs some 10,500 years ago.
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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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Dolphins sometimes have fun by blowing bubbles and creating rings of air underwater, which they then swim through.
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The Lion's Mane Jellyfish is the largest jellyfish in the world. They have been swimming in arctic waters since before the dinosaurs (over 650 million years ago).
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The oldest creature ever found was Ming the clam at an admirable 507 years old.
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