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The Greenland shark can live for over 500 years.
These deep-sea dwellers are the longest-living vertebrates known to science, with one individual estimated to be 512 years old. They grow extremely slowly, at about 1 cm per year, and don't reach sexual maturity until around 150 years of age. Their longevity is partly due to their extremely slow metabolism in cold, deep waters.
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The Dracula ant can snap its mandibles at 200 mph.
This ant species has the fastest known animal appendage, with its mandibles accelerating from 0 to 200 mph...
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Kangaroo rats never need to drink water.
These desert rodents can survive without ever drinking liquid water, getting all their hydration from the seeds they...
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The hoatzin chick has claws on its wings.
Young hoatzin birds have claws on their wings, similar to their dinosaur ancestors. These claws help them climb...