Animals

Sunday, 20 September 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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Ocean sunfish
They are being mistaken for sharks.
Because ocean sunfish often swim near the water's surface, their dorsal fin protrudes above the wate ...
Cabbage White butterfly
They are active during the day.
Adult butterflies spend days looking for a nectar of a plant. They tend to feed on flower species they're already familiar with.
Narwhal
Currently, the narwhal population is estimated at around 80,000 individuals.
Formerly, they were an endangered species, due to intensive fishing. Currently, narwhal catch is unp ...
European tree frog
They are carnivorous.
They hunt mainly arthropods. Their prey is usually spiders, flies, beetles, butterflies, and caterpi ...
Hedgehogs
Hedgehogs are nocturnal.
They sleep through most of the day, hidden in bushes, scrubs, under rocks, or inside burrows. Exceptionally, they can venture out during the day after rainfalls.
Quokkas
Quokkas are herbivorous.
They eat various types of vegetation, including grasses, leaves, stems, and bark. A recent study indicates they are particularly fond of flowering plants of the genus Guichenotia.
Alligator snapping turtle
The alligator snapping turtle belongs to the family Chelydridae.
Wombat
The wombats include two contemporaneous genera.
Vombatus, whose only representative is the common wombat; Lasiorhinus, containing two species: northern hairy-nosed wombat, also called yaminon, and southern hairy-nosed wombat.
White-browed tit-warbler
Females lay from four up to nine eggs.
Hatchlings hatch after 21 days of incubation.
Northern pike
Larger animals tend to follow their prey, while juveniles prefer to attack from hiding.
Adults are found at depths of several meters, following schools of other fish. In the Baltic Sea, the pike has been reported to follow herring schools.