Animals

Sunday, 12 October 2025
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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Guinea pig
In the nineteenth century, the domestic cavy began to be used as a laboratory animal.
The advantage of these animals was their small size, gentle disposition, and their anatomical featur ...
Portuguese man-of-war
Their sting is very painful.
It is not deadly, however, there are known cases of anaphylactic shock and cardiovascular collapse as a side effect of the sting.
Quokkas
Quokkas are listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
Their population systematically declines, mainly due to the loss of habitat as a result of logging. ...
Okapi
For unexplained reasons, okapis also eat charcoal from burned trees.
Tigers
Most tigers live in tropical forests, in areas covered with grasses, reeds, and bamboo.
Dolphins
Dolphins are very good parents. After the baby is born, it is taken care of, and its mother very willingly and often plays with it.
Depending on the species, baby dolphins do not leave their mother's company for 3 to 8 years.
Pink river dolphin
Although solitary, they seek human attention.
They are friendly toward humans and are said to push them back ashore when they go too far in the river.
Giant panda
To satiate themselves, an adult panda must eat between 9 and 14 kilograms (20 - 30 pounds) of bamboo shoots per day.
The digestive system is relatively short, and food passes through it quickly so that pandas can eat such large amounts of food.
Shoebill
The natural habitat of the Shoebill is vast areas of freshwater marshes and areas near rivers and lakes.
These birds prefer areas with diverse vegetation, especially areas with papyrus, reeds and water clu ...
Horseshoe crab
They live in the Atlantic Ocean near the coast of North and Central America and near the Asian coasts in the Pacific.