Animals

Wednesday, 10 December 2025
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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Tiger sharks
Tiger sharks are ovoviviparous.
Eggs hatch inside the female’s body after approximately 16 months, and pups are born fully developed.
Brittle stars
They can regenerate lost arms as long as they have at least one of them.
They can shed an arm anytime, like octopuses. This mechanism is used to distract the potential predator and gives brittle star an opportunity to edge away from danger.
American flamingo
The record holder in life expectancy was a female living at the Adelaide Zoo, Australia.
She was about 60 years old; unfortunately, due to deteriorating health, it had to be euthanized in 2018.
European pine marten
The marten is a predatory mammal of the Mustelidae family.
So far, eight subspecies of the forest marten have been distinguished. The Mustelidae family, in turn, includes about 60 species of animals.
Jellyfish
Jellyfish is in fact a name of a free-swimming phase in the Medusozoa life cycle.
The term “jellyfish” is commonly used to describe a marine animal, distinguished by its umbrella-shaped bells and tentacles, but it is in fact a predatory, sexual stage of medusozoan cnidarians.
Tasmanian devil
The lifespan of Tasmanian devils in the wild is about 5 years.
In captivity, they can live up to 7 years.
Sand lizard
Despite the high number of those reptiles, the population of the sand lizard has declined.
Progressing industrialization, which deprives the lizards of their habitat, can be considered the main reason.
Dik-dik
They are classified as the "least concern."
As a species, they are not endangered. They have many natural predators, but the biggest threat come ...
Brittle stars
Larvae are tiny and are a part of the plankton.
Either way, the larva must undergo transformation to become an adult, bottom-dwelling individual with radial symmetry.
Common kingfisher
It is widely distributed in Europe, Asia, and North Africa.
It occurs in southern and central Europe, northern Africa, and southern Asia in a belt from the Decc ...