Animals

Wednesday, 8 April 2026
27 facts about turtles
27 facts about turtles
The only vertebrates so armored
The first turtles appeared on Earth at the end of the Permian about 240 million years ago. Although the first ones had neither plastron nor carapace, ...

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Rice's whale
It has been listed as critically endangered by the IUCN Red List.
Its population is estimated at 30 to 50 individuals.
Javan leopard
A Female gives birth to two to four cubs per litter after 90 days of gestation.
Portuguese man-of-war
They have no individual movement method; they float with the current or the wind.
European tree frog
The European tree frog is an amphibian belonging to the riverine family.
The riverine family includes about 800 species of animals divided into 48 genera.
Pink river dolphin
It belongs to the family Iniidae.
Shoebill
Shoebills exhibit the phenomenon of siblicide. This is the elimination of weaker individuals by stronger siblings to eliminate food competition.
When the parents of hatched Shoebill chicks leave the nest in search of food, the stronger individua ...
Kiwi bird
They are the only birds with nostrils at the end of their beaks.
Even though their beaks reach up to 20 centimeters, they have the shortest beaks of all birds, because beaks are measured from nostrils to the end of their beak.
Guinea pig
Spanish, Dutch and English traders took guinea pigs to Europe, where they quickly became popular as exotic pets among the upper classes and royal families, including Queen Elizabeth I.
The earliest known written record of a guinea pig dates back to 1547. It is a description of an anim ...
Luna moth
Number of moth generations are conditioned by the climate.
The Canadian population is univoltine, which means they have one generation a year. Central populati ...
American robin
American Robin is the state bird of Connecticut, Michigan and Wisconsin.