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The Record Holder: The Antarctic glass sponge (Scolymastra joubini) holds the Guinness World Record for the longest-lived animal species, with a large 2-meter-tall specimen in the Ross Sea estimated to be around 23,000 years old.

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(This is debated.)

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Northern Finland experiences severe winter cold with temperatures typically ranging from -10°C to -20°C between December and February, often dropping below -30°C during cold snaps. Daytime highs rarely exceed -5°C in the heart of winter, while nighttime lows frequently reach -25°C or colder.

Yes, goats have horizontal rectangular pupils, which are an adaptation for survival that allows them a very wide, panoramic field of vision. This shape helps them spot predators from nearly all directions without having to move their heads, which is especially useful while grazing.

Source: Google AI Overview

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He died at age 22.

This is incorrect; these are five days old.

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In an effort to be accurate with this type of post, I went to the trouble of substantiating the statement.

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This piqued my curiosity so I did a little digging...

Carol Buckley* recounts a case where two elephants, Shirley (~53) and Jenny (~30), were reunited at the Elephant Sanctuary after 23 years apart. The exuberant greeting the two elephants exhibited when they were reunited was the first indication that they had known one another before. Then Shirley began to display unusual mothering behavior: Whenever Jenny lay down Shirley would straddle her in a protective manner, shading her body from the sun and from harm, as if she were a calf. For the rest of Jenny's life, their relationship was like one of mother-daughter.

Carol learned that Jenny and Shirley had last been together in a circus when Jenny was a calf and Shirley was about 30 years old. Their relationship at the Elephant Sanctuary indi­cated that they clearly remembered one another and the special adult-calf relationship they had once shared.

*Carol Buckley is an American elephant caregiver, specializing in the trauma recovery and on-going physical care of captive elephants. In 1995, Buckley realized a decades long dream and retired her elephant, Tarra, to their private farm in Hohenwald, Tennessee, which later became The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee.

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A long-exposure photo shows the number of satellites passing through a section of the night sky during a 30-minute window. Alan Dyer/VIPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Alan Dyer

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Denmark - The Happy Country.

Baljenac is a small island in the Adriatic Sea, located off the Dalmatian Coast of Croatia. Although it is only about 34 acres (14 hectares) in area, it contains a network of roughly 14 miles (23 km) of low stone walls — making it resemble a fingerprint from above. Baljenac is uninhabited; its walls were built by residents of the nearby island of Kaprije to separate crop fields and vineyards.

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Circa 1890...

He was a looker!

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(Humans can be horrible.)