Animals

Saturday, 10 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 ...

Did you know?

American robin
They are vagrant species and sometimes pay a visit to Europe.
In Great Britain for example more than 20 visits has been recorded.
Viper dogfish
The viper dogfish feeds primarily on bony fish, which it impales on the fang-like teeth.
It eats its prey whole, much like the snake.
Basking shark
Basking sharks feed on zooplankton.
To obtain food, they often swim below the surface with their mouths wide open. As they swim slowly, ...
Black-headed python
Although this is not their natural habitat, they can also be found in trees.
They are good climbers although they do not often use this ability.
Turtles
They do not mate in long-term relationships, and rarely form social groups.
Usually, during mating season, males fight with each other with aggression being more common among terrestrial species.
Red-necked wallaby
Their main predators include dingoes and wedge-tailed eagles.
They are also hunted commercially for their meat and fur.
Bonobo
It is widely believed that the bonobo’s physique is more slender than that of the common chimpanzee.
The two species do not generally differ in body size. Adult female bonobos are slightly smaller than ...
Housefly
Each leg ends in a pair of claws and pulvilli.
The pulvilli is an adhesive tab that allows the fly to move along walls using Van der Waals forces. ...
Sand lizard
Like most ectothermic organisms, they are diurnal.
They warm their bodies in the first rays of the sun and use the accumulated energy to hunt later in the day.
Horseshoe crab
Horseshoe crabs breathe using book gills.
This organ is made of gills covered with large surface area for absorbing oxygen. It's located in the rear part of the animal body between the legs and the telson.