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Sunday, 9 November 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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French Bulldog
There are nine standard colors of the French Bulldog.
These are white, white and brindle, brindle, brindle and white, white and fawn, fawn, fawn and white, fawn brindle, and cream.
Basking shark
Basking sharks feed on zooplankton.
To obtain food, they often swim below the surface with their mouths wide open. As they swim slowly, ...
Clownfish
The most popular clownfish species is Amphiprion ocellaris, which is eagerly kept in reef tanks throughout the entire world.
It might be the most popular saltwater fish. Here is some detailed information on Ocellaris anemonef ...
Great grey shrike
It awaits its prey on the tree top but is also known for hovering.
Capybaras
Naturally, capybaras inhabit areas of South America.
Their territory covers the north-central part of the continent up to the northern regions of Argenti ...
Jellyfish
Jellyfish are not aggressive towards humans, but will most likely sting when touched.
A jellyfish sting is painful and mostly not invasive, although it can be lethal.
Blue tang
It is royal blue, with a yellow tail, and a dark blue or black palette-like pattern on its body.
Juveniles are yellow, with light-blue edging on dorsal fins.
Hippopotamus
Hippos behave peculiarly to mark their territory in the water.
They urinate backward and vigorously curl their tails during defecation to spread their excrement as far as possible.
Hummingbirds
On average, hummingbirds beat their wings about 90 times per second. But there are exceptions.
This occurs in male ruby-throated hummingbirds (Archilochus colubris) during courtship. These birds can flap their wings up to 200 times per second.
Hammerhead sharks
Their length ranges from 0.9 to 6.1 meters, and their weight ranges from 3 up to 580 kilograms.
The biggest of the genus is the great hammerhead. The record holder is a female caught in 2006 who weighed almost 581 kilograms. The reason for her unusual weight, however, was pregnancy.