Animals

Monday, 13 April 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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Blue-Tongued Lizard
Those animals live solitary life.
Most of the year those lizards spend alone, only in last quarter of year they bind in pairs. They are polygamous so one male can be a parent for many clutches.
Horseshoe crab
Horseshoe crab has 10 eyes, including a pair of multi-lens eyes.
There are 1000 lenses in multi-lens eyes. In addition to the eyes, horseshoe crabs also have photore ...
Asian elephant
There are approximately 150,000 muscles in their trunk.
Asian elephants can both push over a tree with their trunk, or pick up and shell a peanut.
Platypus
The body temperature of a platypus is about 32 °C (90 °F) which is rather unheard of in other mammals, reaching 37 °C (99 °F)
This is an adaptive trait, resulting from the need to adapt to the conditions of the environment in which they live.
Bull snake
Their active season begins in late April, when they awaken from hibernation.
Bullsnakes remain active until early October. They hibernate deeply burrowed below the frost line.
Fossa
The fossa can climb up the trees and jump from branch to branch.
It uses its long tail to maneuver freely among the branches. It also climbs down the trees head-first.
Hippopotamus
According to scientists, there are currently about 80 hippos in the region.
Their population has almost doubled since 2012.
Horseshoe crab
They live in the Atlantic Ocean near the coast of North and Central America and near the Asian coasts in the Pacific.
Sea otter
To maintain body temperature, sea otters need to consume at least 25% of their body weight a day.
Arctic fox
Their sense of smell is exceptional.
They can smell carrion left by polar bears at a distance of 10 to 40 kilometers. They easily sense a ...