Animals

Tuesday, 22 September 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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Malaysian trumpet snail
The average lifespan of the red-rimmed melania is one year.
Basking shark
The pectoral fins of the basking shark are very broad.
It has two dorsal fins, the first of which, shaped like an almost regular isosceles triangle, is not ...
European pine marten
They breed in July and August.
Copulation lasts from 30 to 50 minutes and takes place either on the ground or in a tree.
Mallard
They produce one brood a year, the female lays 8 to 13 eggs.
They are light cream and measure 58 x 32 mm. They are laid every other day and the female begins to ...
Bird of Paradise
Carl Linnaeus in 1760 named the largest of the birds of paradise Paradisea apoda, meaning "legless bird of paradise."
At the time, no one in Europe had ever seen this marvelous bird alive. Linnaeus possessed only skins ...
European tree frog
About three months after hatching, the tadpoles transform.
This usually takes place between late July and early August.
Lemon shark
They show a tendency towards cannibalism.
It happens that an adult lemon shark will eat its own pups.
Blue-Tongued Lizard
Those animals live solitary life.
Most of the year those lizards spend alone, only in last quarter of year they bind in pairs. They are polygamous so one male can be a parent for many clutches.
Turtles
The plastron is also made of bone tissue, specifically the modified clavicle and abdominal ribs.
It is formed by exactly nine bones, of which the two anterior bones are precisely the transformed clavicles.
Brown recluse spider
Brown recluse spider is native to southern and central United States.