Animals

Monday, 12 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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Stingrays
Their pups are born fully independent.
They are capable of foraging their own food, hence, they do not require parental care.
American mink
The largest producers of mink skins in the world are the Scandinavian countries: Norway, Finland, Sweden, as well as Denmark and the Netherlands.
Mink breeding is prohibited in many countries, including Switzerland - although they have never been bred there, Austria, and Great Britain. 
Spiders
Spiders breathe using lungs or windpipes.
Lung tracheas evolved from the legs of aquatic arachnids. Tracheae, in turn, are bulges in the body ...
Shoebill
Shoebills are endemic to Africa.
They live mainly in the eastern and tropical zones of Africa. They are found from southern Sudan and ...
Red panda
Red pandas are both nocturnal and crepuscular.
They spend the majority of the day sleeping–they can sleep for up to 17 hours.
Blue-Tongued Lizard
Blue-Tongued lizards are diurnal.
They seek for food during the day and benefit from UVB lightning which is crucial for ectothermic animals like all reptiles. At night they seek for shelter under rocks and logs or in a pile of leaves.
Hammerhead sharks
Sphyrna derives from Greek and means “hammer.”
Eusphyra means “good” in conjunction with “hammer.”
Sea lamprey
Morphed juvenile lampreys migrate to lakes or saltwater environments.
At this time, they begin to feed on their victims' blood. It is estimated that a single sea lamprey is capable of killing 18 kg (40 lb) of fish annually.
True seals
Unlike eared seals, seals do not bark for communication purposes.
Instead, they grunt and slap their fins against the water's surface.
Common cuckoo
In 2003, a complete list of birds on which cuckoos parasitize was published by Alexander D. Numerov.
There parasite on 291 bird species.