Animals

Thursday, 16 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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Boa constrictor
The boa will first attack its prey by sinking its teeth into it and then begin to wrap its body around it.
Only when the victim dies does the boa continue to eat, consuming its prey whole. Contrary to what t ...
Platypus
The Platypus was heard of in Europe in 1798, when the second governor of New South Wales, John Hunter, sent a pelt of an Aboriginal hunted pecker to Britain.
British scientists did not believe in the authenticity of the specimen, it was even assumed to have ...
Sea lamprey
Adults are hematophagous parasites.
This means they feed on the blood of their prey.
Great spotted woodpecker
The nesting season begins in April and lasts until June.
Courtship begins as early as December. They breed one brood per year, the eggs being laid in the first weeks of May. A female can lay 5 to 7 white eggs, 26x19 mm in size.
Arabian oryx
There were only a few Arabian oryxes left, in zoos or in the private possession of Arab sheikhs.
In 1962, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, the World Wildlife Fund, and others pro ...
Stingrays
Stingrays are ovoviviparous.
Young are hatched from eggs stored within the female’s body.
Narwhal
They are being hunted by killer whales and polar bears.
Llamas
Ears
Alpacas have short, pointy ears, while llamas have larger, with curved shape.
Giant panda
Due to the nature of their diet, pandas are not very mobile animals.
They conserve energy whenever possible and only migrate when they feel threatened or when food is scarce in their current territory.
Maine coon
Maine coon tail is its signature feature.
Their tails are very fluffy, and usually as long as the cat itself.