Animals

Tuesday, 14 July 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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Zebra mussel
They fall prey to fish and waterfowl.
While birds eat adult forms, some fish species feed on larvae too. Among mammals, muskrats are one of their common predators.
Maine coon
Purebred Maine coons have gold or green eyes.
Leeches
Leeches do not have a respiratory system.
They absorb oxygen with their entire body surface.
Siberian roe deer
The Siberian roe deer are vocal.
Scientists distinguished six different sounds they use to communicate: screaming, rasping, whining, barking, whistling, and squeaking.
Kiwi bird
The breeding season of kiwi birds lasts from late winter to early summer.
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 ...
Llamas
Ears
Alpacas have short, pointy ears, while llamas have larger, with curved shape.
Axolotl
Axolotls are carnivorous.
They feed on mollusks, insects, arthropods, and small fish. They locate their prey using their sense of smell, and since having vestigial teeth, their primary feeding method is suctioning.
Northern pike
They reach sexual maturity at the age of two years.
Young specimens - one year old - are also able to spawn, but in their case, the quantity of eggs laid is insignificant.
True seals
Although they live primarily in an aquatic environment, seals return to land or ice floes for reproduction.
During pregnancy, females feed heavily in the waters, accumulating fat to avoid having to return to ...