Animals

Saturday, 28 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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Northern pike
Young pikes feed on small invertebrates such as daphnia.
As their body weight increases, they quickly move on to larger prey such as flatworms. Once they reach a body length of 4 to 8 cm (1.57 to 3.14 in), they begin to prey on small fish.
Southern cassowary
Southern cassowaries live in northeastern Australia, New Guinea and Indonesia.
Tropical rainforests are their primary habitat, but they can also be found in wetlands or savanna. It is estimated that from 20,000 to 50,000 birds live in the wild.
American bullfrog
It is an amphibian of the family Ranidae, commonly known as the true frog.
American robin
Males are more colorful than females.
Juveniles can also be duller regardless of sex.
Platypus
They have many natural enemies: eagles, owls, hawks, snakes, warblers, crocodiles and hydromys.
Platypuses are not an endangered species, their mortality rate is not high, but nevertheless they are under protection.
Tasmanian devil
They are active at dusk and at night.
They go out foraging then, seeking both live prey and carrion. They often eat in groups of 2 to 5 individuals. They spend their days in bushes or burrows.
Javan leopard
It is nocturnal.
It spends the majority of its time on tree branches, both while hunting and consuming its prey.
Moose
All deer species are herbivorous.
They usually live in herds; males of some species, usually older ones, choose a solitary lifestyle.
Spinosaurus
Fossils of BSP 1912 VIII 19 specimen discovered in 1912 were destroyed during WWII.
During the allied bombardment of Munich in 1944, British pilots dropped bombs on a museum where the ...
Gila monster
Unlike snakes, the Gila monster produces its venom in salivary glands at the end of its lower jaws.
It has to bite its prey to release the toxin into the open wound.