Animals

They feed on selected sponges species, such as Tethya actinia, Aaptos aaptos, or Spheciospongia vesparium. Thanks to their pointed beaks, extracting sponges is easy.

It occurs throughout Europe, where it was introduced in the 16th century. This snail can reach 20 cm in length.

Apart from the fact that they repopulate at a very slow rate, their population systematically declin ...

They are being hunted if mistaken for domestic cats. They are also endangered by crossbreeding with them.

Yet, they have very sharp teeth which can do a unpleasant pain after a bite.

Wolf spiders live a lonely life and are seen with other representative of their species only during mating season which occur in mid-summer.

In the fight against wolves, oryxes are favored by the difficult living conditions.

Nests are usually located in forked tree branches and reach up to 30 cm (11.8 in) in diameter. They are built with twigs, grass and leaves. Structure is not very durable and can disintegrate easily.

Although their fossils are a rarity, since they do not have bones, the oldest shell-like fossils date back to Neoproterozoic Era (1000—550 mya).