Animals

Wednesday, 24 June 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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Fossa
It is a female that chooses her potential mate. Or mates.
Female during the mating season awaits in a high spot on a tree for males to compete with each other ...
Amur leopard
Amur leopards are solitary and highly territorial.
Their typical territory covers an area of 310 square kilometers. They roam in groups only during the mating season.
Dolphins
Dolphin meat is eaten in some areas of Japan.
They are hunted aggressively and killed with harpoons. Despite the relatively high mercury content i ...
Wolf spider
They can be found in many habitats.
Wolf spiders can be found in woodlands, meadows, gardens, shrublands and man-made structures. They are very eager to enter buildings especially in autumn, when it gets colder outside.
Brazilian wandering spiders
These spiders are known in Europe mainly from the fact that they sometimes appear in bananas sold in markets.
Although they are dangerous to humans, it should be remembered that not every spider found in a bunc ...
Sea otter
When swimming, they can reach speeds of up to 9 km/h. They are very good swimmers but do not venture into open water.
 They are typically found up to 1 km (0.62 mi) from shore, where they can find cover among barrier reefs, rocks, and kelp forests.
Snails
However, there are snails that do not have radula.
The only such representative of land snails is Careoradula perelegans (careo in Latin means missing) ...
Southern cassowary
It is the heaviest bird in Australia and the third heaviest in the world.
Heavier than it are only the Common ostrich and the Somali ostrich.
Tiger sharks
Female tiger sharks mate once every three years.
Pink river dolphin
Botos can rotate their head 180 degrees.
It is due to unfused vertebrae in their necks.