Animals

Thursday, 2 July 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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Arabian oryx
All Arabian oryxes alive today are descended from just 1,970 animals.
Capybaras
Naturally, capybaras inhabit areas of South America.
Their territory covers the north-central part of the continent up to the northern regions of Argenti ...
Clownfish
Clownfish are most often traded marine fish.
Most of the global trade comes from the wild, but things are changing over time. Clownfish are easy breading in captivity so from year to year less of them are captured from the oceans.
Sperm whale
The world’s first sperm whale reserve will be established.
It will be established off the western coast of the Caribbean island of Dominica in the part of the ...
Tawny frogmouth
There are three distinct color morphs of those birds.
Their plumage can be silvery-gray or brown with black streaks. Those colors are perfect for camouflage.
Portuguese man-of-war
They were named after a wooden warship at full sail, that the British sailors called Man of War.
The resemblance is questionable because they rather resemble a floating plastic bag.
Leeches
Thanks to these properties of the saliva, leeches, especially the medicinal leech (Hirudo medicinalis), are used in hirudotherapy.
It is a treatment method known to humanity since the beginning of civilization.
Platypus
Platypuses live up to 11 years in the wild and up to 17 in captivity.
Northern pike
They reach sexual maturity at the age of two years.
Young specimens - one year old - are also able to spawn, but in their case, the quantity of eggs laid is insignificant.
Dodo bird
An egg allegedly belonging to a dodo bird is kept in the East London Museum in South Africa.
It was donated to the museum by its employee, Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer, whose aunt received the eg ...