Animals

Sunday, 28 June 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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Clownfish
All clownfish are born males.
They can become a female in adulthood. It happens for example if a dominant female is killed.
Sea otter
The female gives birth to one pup that weighs 1.4 to 2.3 kg (3 to 5 lbs).
Twins are very rare, occurring in only about 2% of all births. It is even less likely that both pups will survive.
Sperm whale
Sperm whales are the deepest-diving marine mammals.
They usually dive to depths of 300 to 800 meters, but sometimes it’s from 1 to 2 kilometers or even ...
Quokkas
Australian law is very strict with human-quokkas interactions.
They are not to be petted, cuddled, hugged, or fed. There was a case of a tourist who threw a quokka off a boat to see if it could swim. Although quokkas do swim, the man was jailed.
Great spotted woodpecker
It uses its tongue to catch insects that live under the bark of trees.
The woodpecker is equipped with a long and bristly tongue covered with sticky saliva. The bird can e ...
Kiwi bird
Their sense of sight is poor, however, their sense of smell is highly developed.
Brown recluse spider
They are nocturnal creatures.
Snails
However, there are snails that do not have radula.
The only such representative of land snails is Careoradula perelegans (careo in Latin means missing) ...
Turtles
The science that deals with turtles is chelonology.
Stingrays
Ancient Greeks used stingray venom as an anesthetic for dental procedures.