Animals

Thursday, 12 February 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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Manatees
Females give birth to one young after a year of gestation every three to five years.
Young measures one meter, and weighs approximately 30 kilograms. It can feed on plant food at birth.
Coyote
They are considered to have the best hearing of any canid.
They need excellent hearing, especially when hunting rodents, which make very quiet sounds.
Coyote
Coyote pelts were of great economic importance in the early 1950s.
They ranged in price from $5 to $25 per piece and were used to make coats, jackets, scarves, and muffs.
Wolf spider
They have rather inconspicuous appearance.
To get food, wolf spiders need to hunt and chase their victims. In order to succeed they require rat ...
Pterodactyls
Pterodactyls were not dinosaurs.
They were identified as flying reptiles. It goes for the whole clade.
Shoebill
Shoebills build a nest in the form of a flat mound. It is usually located on floating vegetation or grass on dry land, in a place inaccessible to predators.
The female lays 1 to 2 eggs and the incubation time lasts about 30 days. After hatching, the parents ...
Slow worm lizard
These animals are found at altitudes up to about 2000 m above sea level.
True seals
Although they live primarily in an aquatic environment, seals return to land or ice floes for reproduction.
During pregnancy, females feed heavily in the waters, accumulating fat to avoid having to return to ...
Basking shark
Basking sharks are generally solitary or gather in small schools.
At times, there can be an aggregation of more than 100 sharks. They move slowly, filtering plankton, ...
Common kingfisher
Common kingfishers are the size of a sparrow.
Their body length ranges from 16 to 18 centimeters and their weight is between 35 to 40 grams. The w ...