Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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A giraffe's kick is so powerful that it can decapitate a lion.
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There are approximately three chickens for every human on Earth.
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The elephant brain weighs about 6,000g.
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Meysi is one of the world's smallest dogs, measuring in at just 7cm tall, 12cm long, and weighing a meagre 250 grams (only slightly heavier than a hamster!)
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The oldest creature ever found was Ming the clam at an admirable 507 years old.
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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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