Animals

Monday, 2 March 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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Hyacinth macaw
The Hyacinth Macaw is a diurnal bird.
It sleeps at night and flies out of the nest in the morning in search of food. 
Black Caiman
They are nocturnal.
Their skin coloration allows them to camouflage during their hunts at night.
Tiger sharks
They are listed as near threatened.
Apart from the fact that they repopulate at a very slow rate, their population systematically declin ...
Snails
The exact number of snail species is unknown.
According to estimates, there are about 85.000 of them, but the actual number is between 50.000 and 120.000 species. So far, at least 15.000 extinct species have been identified in the fossil record.
Great spotted woodpecker
They are medium-sized birds. Adult body length is 20 to 24 centimeters.
The wingspan is 34 to 39 centimeters and the weight varies from 70 to 98 grams.
Sloth
Sloths live in forests of Central America and northern regions of South America.
The oldest surviving traces of sloths date back to the Pleistocene. At the time, there lived the Meg ...
Cane toad
The skin of the cane toad skin is dry and covered with warts, with distinct ridges running above the eyes and extending across the snout.
Cane toads may be colored grey, yellowish, reddish-brown, or olive-brown, with diverse blots and patterns. The underside is cream-colored and may have spots in shades of black or brown.
Sea otter
Sea otters (Enhydra lutris) are the smallest marine mammals in the world. We distinguish three subspecies: Asian sea otter, northern sea otter, and southern sea otter.
The largest subspecies is the Asian sea otter, which lives in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. The southern sea otter, which lives along the central and southern California coast, is the smallest.
Vaquita
Vaquitas use sonar to communicate and navigate.
Southern cassowary
Cassowaries are closely related to Kiwi birds.
They share a common ancestor that lived about 40 million years ago.