Animals

Tuesday, 27 October 2026
19 facts about snails
19 facts about snails
Also called gastropods
Snails are mollusks and are one of the most numerous animal species in the world. In terms of species diversity, they are second only to insects. Even ...

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Ladybugs
Ladybugs come in different colors and patterns.
The most common is red with seven black dots.
Ocean sunfish
They are slow swimmers.
For many years researchers thought that ocean sunfish moves only by drifting with ocean currents. Wi ...
Ball python
The average lifespan of a ball python is between 20 to 30 years in the wild.
The record holder lives in the Saint Louis Zoo, and her age is estimated at 63 years old. She is also known for reproducing through parthenogenesis at the age of 62 when she laid seven eggs.
Sea otter
They are polygynous, males have several female partners.
Their gestation period can vary greatly. It can last from four months to a year after copulation. Th ...
Platypus
Observations of platypuses have shown that they can be both sedentary and migratory animals.
Mallard
It is a medium-sized water bird. Males are larger and heavier than females.
Body length ranges from 50 to 65 cm and wingspan is 81 to 98 cm. The weight of adults is between 0.7 and 1.6 kg.
Portuguese man-of-war
They are siphonophores, which means they are, in fact, living colonies of individual zooids, working as a unit.
Coyote
Coyotes were probably partially domesticated by various pre-Columbian cultures.
A coyote can be easily tamed as a puppy, but not as an adult. Tame coyotes are playful and trusting of their owners, wary and shy of strangers. They learn to fetch and point.
Stingrays
Their pups are born fully independent.
They are capable of foraging their own food, hence, they do not require parental care.
Shoebill
Drawings of the shoebill have been found in Egyptian tombs and date back to around 3500 BC.
Among some African tribes, hunting shoebills is forbidden and the bird is the subject of superstition. Some say that the mere mention of the bird's name on a boat trip can bring on a storm.