Animals

Thursday, 5 February 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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Spiders
A significant number of spiders experience cannibalism associated with the act of reproduction.
Most often, it is the male who falls victim to the female - usually during or after copulation. Case ...
Black-headed python
They are native to northern Australia.
Those snakes occupy one-third of the Australian continent, precisely, its northern part from west to east.
Bonobo
Bonobos reproduce year-round but take a four-year break between pregnancies.
They reach sexual maturity between the ages of 8 and 9, but females give birth for the first time at ...
Arabian oryx
Oryxes are able to survive in very harsh conditions.
They can endure prolonged droughts, very high temperatures, and strong winds. They can survive droug ...
Luna moth
Like most moths, they are nocturnal animals.
Spinosaurus
Spinosaur appeared in Jurrasic Park 3 movie.
It fights and wins against a T-Rex in a spectacular fight. In reality, those creatures couldn't meet because they lived in different times, about 20 million years apart.
Bull snake
Bullsnake males are larger than females.
This is not common in snakes, as only about 14% of snake species have males larger than females.
Corn snake
They lack eyelids.
They do have, however, a skin layer over their eyes to moisturize them. Once the layer is dry, a corn snake will shed it, just as it sheds its skin.
Spiders
The sizes of spiders vary significantly depending on the species.
The smallest species is Patu digua from Colombia, whose body length does not exceed 0.37 mm. The lar ...
Great spotted woodpecker
They are omnivorous, with invertebrates forming the basis of their menu.
Their diet includes beetle larvae, adult beetles, spiders, ants and caterpillars. They make up for t ...