Animals

However, this does not apply to juveniles, which can fall prey to larger predators.

They are friendly toward humans and are said to push them back ashore when they go too far in the river.

Given proper circumstances, the female can give birth to one calf every 2.5 to 4 years.

Bites can cause pain and leave a bruise but are not dangerous to humans.

A mink can swim to an island and kill up to a hundred chicks in one night. A single individual can thus decimate a colony of several thousand birds.

Different patterns on the skin seem to be determined by the area of occurrence. While endangered or in stress, ocean sunfish can change skin coloration to darker.

The gestation lasts for 12 months, and after the female gives birth, she takes a year-long break between the litters.

Its delicacy is hairy caterpillars, which are not a treat for many bird species. Cuckoos sometimes eat the chicks and eggs of other species.