Animals

Wednesday, 22 July 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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Black Caiman
Although they are listed as least concerned by the IUCN Red List, black caimans once were hunted to the brink of extinction.
Between the 1950s and 1970s, they were falling victim to excessive poaching because of the unique an ...
Adder
The species is found from northwestern France to the eastern fringes of Siberia.
In the mountains, it can be found at elevations of up to 2000 meters above sea level.
Stingrays
Their numbers systematically decline.
Most species are listed as threatened or vulnerable to extinction, which is primarily caused by unregulated fishing and habitat loss.
True seals
The oldest fossil specimens of seal representatives are from the early Miocene.
These animals appeared about 22 million years ago. Other fossil specimens dated 15 million years ago and inhabited the North Atlantic.
Crustacean
Like all arthropods, crustaceans have an external carapace.
When crustaceans grow they must undergo moulting, they then go to a safe place where they shed their outer carapace after which they quickly increase in size before the next carapace hardens.
Leeches
Leeches (Hirudinea) belong to the phylum Annelida.
Annelida includes more than 500 species, which are equipped with one or two suckers. Most of them ar ...
Snails
Their shells may be right- or left-handed.
90% of snails have a dextral shell, the rest develop left-handed shells or both right-handed and lef ...
Coyote
It has an intermediate appearance between a wolf and a jackal.
It is smaller than the gray wolf (Canis lupus) and slightly smaller than the eastern wolf (Canis lyc ...
Central bearded dragon
Bearded agamas are omnivorous, although their diet changes with age.
Young animals eat meat more often, and when they grow up, they choose more plant food. They feed on beetles, mealworms, spiders, and moths, and most often choose vegetables and flowers from plants.
Octopus
When hunting crustaceans, octopuses paralyze them with their saliva and then crush them with their beak.