The oldest known animal in the world was 'Ming' the 405 year old clam, discovered in 2007.
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A cow produces around 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.
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A zoo in China gave a gay penguin couple the opportunity to raise a chick.
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Unsinkable Sam (nickname of a German ship's cat) who served on 3 warships, one German, two British, all sank in action. The cat survived each sinking, floating away on wooden planks to rescue.
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A lion in the wild usually makes no more than twenty kills a year.
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Using a remote-controlled camera, biologists caught dolphins getting high by sucking on puffer fish. They were even caught passing the puffer fish around.
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Sergeant Stubby was the only war dog to be promoted to sergeant through combat in WWI. He saved his regiment from surprise mustard gas attacks, found and comforted the wounded, and even once caught a German spy by the seat of his pants, holding him there until American Soldiers found him.
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