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An oyster takes seven years to make a pearl, but not the shiny, pretty one. Most pearls are harvested from an inedible type of oyster or from mussels.The Brazilian electric eel in the Amazon and Orinoco rivers can produce an electric shock of 500 volts %u2013 enough to knock over an adult human. The source of such powerful electricity in the eel is yet to be found.The Rafflesia is the biggest flower in the world. It emits a bad smell and grows up to nearly 1m across. Its flowers bloom only once a year.The largest living tree is a giant Sequoia called General Sherman. It is 2,000 years old. It is 94.8m tall and its diameter is 11m.The Mickey Mouse Plant blooms yellow flowers in the summer. Later, they turn into small, black berries. With red sepals at the base of the flower, it starts looking like a Mickey Mouse face.13