Animals

Wednesday, 28 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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Bird of Paradise
They are found in the Moluccas (Spice Islands - a group of islands in the eastern part of the Malay Archipelago, part of Indonesia), New Guinea and northeastern Australia.
They are most abundant on New Guinea, with only the genus Lycocorax and Semioptera being endemic to ...
Hippopotamus
"Cocaine hippos" have already spread about 100 kilometers from their original home.
Each season, their number in the Magdalena River basin grows more and more. Since residents of Medel ...
Siberian roe deer
They are listed as Least Concern by the IUCN.
Their numbers, however, are not known.
Tawny frogmouth
Tawny frogmouths life span in wild is approximately 10 years.
Spiders
Digestion takes place both externally and internally. They only eat liquid food.
First, digestive juices are injected into the victim's body, which dissolves the victim's tissues, a ...
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 ...
Axolotl
Axolotls were one of the pillars of the Aztecs' daily diet.
Given that the Aztec civilization fed on everything that lived, it is easy to imagine that axolotls were common prey for fishermen.
Gila monster
While the adult Gila monster eats approximately one-third of its body weight per one meal, the young eats around 50% of its body weight per one meal.
Octopus
In the Mediterranean and coastal areas of Asia, octopuses are a popular food.
Spiders
The chelicerae is composed of two or three segments.
They end with fangs, which the spider uses to tear open the body of its prey and also to defend itself. In many species, they end with the mouth of venom glands.