Animals

Monday, 29 December 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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Rice's whale
Rice’s whales eat approximately 660 kilograms of food a day.
Sea otter
Today, it is illegal to hunt sea otters, but the species is still threatened by human activities such as oil spills, pollution, and habitat degradation. 
Of all the threats, oil spills are the most deadly to sea otters, as contact with oil makes the otters' fur soak with water, leading to hypothermia.
Dik-dik
They are among the smallest antelopes living today (the world’s smallest is the dwarf antelope Neotragus pygmaeus–royal antelope).
They measure from 47 to 69 cm and weigh about 4 kg, with females being slightly larger and heavier t ...
Black Caiman
It reaches a top speed of 48 km/h.
Alpaca
Alpacas are intelligent, they get used to their owners, learn quickly and adapt to new living conditions.
These animals are used for so-called alpaca therapy with healthy and handicapped children, as well a ...
Basking shark
Basking sharks can reach enormous sizes.
As an adult, the basking shark usually reaches a body length of 6.70 to 8.80 meters, but can reach 1 ...
Basking shark
In the past, basking sharks were known as sea serpents.
Because these sharks sometimes swim in large groups on the surface, occasionally one behind the othe ...
Otters
The Asian small-clawed otter is the smallest of the species.
It measures an average of 85 centimeters in length.
Salamanders
Respiration
While lizards have only one organ responsible for respiration-the lungs, salamanders rely on skin, gills or lungs (or, in some species, the combination of skin and lungs altogether).
Boa constrictor
They are nocturnal.
During the day, however, they can be found basking in the sun for energy. After dark, they go out in ...