Animals

Saturday, 3 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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Spiders
Spiders are arthropods.
These are invertebrates whose body is divided into segments and have an external skeleton. Spiders are classified as arachnids, which include approximately 112.000 species of animals.
Pink river dolphin
It has a long, pointed beak, which aids in hunting in narrow spaces.
Glass frogs
Tadpoles hatch after 2 weeks.
They fall into water below a leaf. Equipped with strong tails and fins they handle fast-flowing waters easily. Tadpoles are omnivorous, they eat algae, moss, mosquito larvae and other little insects.
Ball python
Ball pythons reach a maximum length of 182 centimeters, and an average weight of 2,2 kg.
Common cuckoo
It takes a few seconds for the egg to be laid in a nest.
During this time, the female cuckoo ejects or eats one of the host eggs.
Turtles
Turtles currently living do not have teeth.
Instead, the insides of their mouths are overgrown with sharp horn-like protuberances used to cut, h ...
Maine coon
Their body composition makes them resistant to cold weather.
Apart from the dense, waterproof coating, and bushy, prolonged tail they can wrap around their body to hold the temperature, they have tufted paws that serve as snowshoes.
Housefly
Flies have a liquid diet adapted mouthparts.
It is used to ingest liquids and the solid fraction previously dissolved with saliva.
French Bulldog
A miniature version of the Bulldog gained so much popularity in France, it started being considered a separate breed, and received a name–the Bouledogue Français.
Blue tang
Royal blue tang cannot be bred in captivity. Yet.
A group of scientists managed to breed a royal blue tang in 2016, so hopefully captive-bred may be available in some time.