Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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A tortoise named Adwaita lived to 255 years old. To put it into perspective, he was born before the United States of America existed and his death was announced on CNN (1750-2006).
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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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Cats are one of the only animals to domesticate themselves and approach humans on their own terms.
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Whales and dolphins can't taste anything other than salt.
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Tigers can see 6 times better at night than humans.
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In Australia, there are spiders big enough to eat snakes.
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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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