Animals

Sunday, 3 May 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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Spotted hyena
Fur color varies and changes with age.
It is relatively short and coarse, and the long dorsal mane is less pronounced in the spotted hyena ...
Common Surinam toad
The mating cycle lasts only 24 hours.
The complete development of the eggs and their transformation takes place in the skin on the female’s back. A single egg is 6-7 mm in diameter and each female lays from 40 to almost 500 eggs.
Stingrays
Stingrays use two types of respiratory systems.
Primarily, they use gills to filtrate oxygen from water taken in by their mouths, however, while hun ...
Luna moth
Wingspan of adult moths is 75 to 105 mm (2,95 to 4,13 in).
Males and females are similar in size. Antennae are also present in both sexes, but males have longer and wider ones. Female abdomens are larger because of deposited eggs.
Ball python
They are a victim of the illegal pet trade.
Over 3 million were exported from Africa. People pick up their eggs and breed them in captivity until they are ready to be sold.
Amur leopard
It is one of the subspecies of leopards.
There are eight subspecies of leopards in total: African, Indian, Javan, Arabian, Amur, Indochinese, Sri Lankan, and Panthera pardus tulliana (native to Turkey and the Iranian Plateau).
Stingrays
Stingrays are related to sharks.
Both sharks and stingrays belong to the Elasmobranchii subclass of Chondrichthyes.
Brittle stars
They live on many depths, can be even found 6 kilometers underwater.
Most of them live in shelf waters (over 1300 species), bathyal zone (over 1200 species). In the abyssal waters (below 4000 m) so far 100 species have been found.
Mallard
During the breeding season, the coloration of the male undergoes spectacular changes.
The head takes on an iridescent green color, which is separated from the rest of the brown-steel bod ...
Sea otter
They are prey to many animals both on land and in the water.
Major predators of sea otters are: great white sharks, killer whales, bald eagles, gulls, crows, coyotes and wolves.