Animals

Monday, 12 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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American robin
There are seven subspecies of this bird:
the Eastern robin, the Newfoundland robin, the Southern robin, the Northwestern robin, the Western robin, the San Lucas robin, the Mexican robin.
Luna moth
While caterpillars often fall prey to insect parasitoids, adult forms are being hunted by nocturnal birds and bats.
Attacked caterpillars make clicking noises with their mandibles. They are also able to release distasteful fluids capable of fending off insects and even a small rodent.
Tiger sharks
It is the second largest predatory shark, surpassed only by the great white.
Ball python
It is black or dark brown, with light brown blotches, and a cream underbelly.
Their colors and patterns vary so much, it is said there are no two identical ball pythons in the wild.
Black Caiman
The black caiman is dark-scaled, typically black.
The coloring can vary, however, from mottled gray, and dark brown, to olive.
Lemon shark
Its eyesight is poor, thus it relies on electroreceptors called ampullae of Lorenzini.
However, their eyes possess both rods and cones, thus they are capable of seeing shapes and colors.
Brittle stars
Some of them can reproduce by fission.
They can split in half and regenerate afterward. It is easy to identify such individuals as they hav ...
Turtles
They use sounds to communicate.
They most often make sounds during courtship and mating however, some species also make sounds to stay "in touch" during migration.
Coyote
Coyotes are known to attack humans.
They are generally rare and do not cause much injury due to the animal's relatively small size, but fatal attacks do happen. Most cases of coyote attacks on humans are reported in California.
European mole cricket
Hatched larvae (nymphs) remain under the care of their mother for about three weeks.
They undergo six moults before reaching adulthood, a process that can take from one to three years. These insects give birth to one generation per year.