Animals

Friday, 30 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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Yellow spotted lizard
They can be found in southern North America and Central America.
The population is distributed from central Mexico through Panama. They prefer moist and wet forested areas.
Pterodactyls
Paleontologists determined Pterodactyls were not covered in feathers.
They were reptilian in appearance, however, some evidence suggests that there might have been separate genera, at least partially covered in hair-like structures.
Tasmanian devil
Tasmanian devils can swim and swim quite well.
They can cross rivers as wide as 50 meters in this way. Observations show that such swimming gives them pleasure even when the water is very cold.
Saola
Saola males are highly territorial.
They mark their territory with a highly scented substance produced in the maxillary gland.
Great grey shrike
Great grey shrike female lays up to nine eggs per clutch, an average of seven.
The young hatch after 16 to 21 days of incubation.
Insects
All insects have compound eyes, but some may have additional simple eyes.
There may be a maximum of 3 of these, and they are capable of recognizing light intensity but incapable of projecting an image.
American robin
American Robin is the state bird of Connecticut, Michigan and Wisconsin.
Wolf spider
They are excellent predators. They stalk their victims and pounce on them.
After catching a prey they often subdue it with venom.
Javan hawk-eagle
It is carnivorous.
Its diet consists of birds, bats, lizards, snakes, and small mammals, which are their prey of choice, especially squirrels, rats, and tree shrews.
Crustacean
Krill also appears in the trade, which, although it is one of the largest biomasses on the planet (Antarctic krill alone is estimated at 380 million tons) is caught in quantities not exceeding 120.000 tons per year.
Krill is often used not as a dish but as a raw material for the production of oil - a very healthy d ...