Animals

Saturday, 11 October 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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Glass frogs
All species of glass frogs have their abdominal skin transparent and translucent which makes their internal organs visible.
Ladybugs
Ladybugs is a name given to the Coccinellidae family by the Americans.
They are known under two main names–ladybugs in North America, and ladybirds in other English-speaki ...
Tigers
Tigers have many color varieties–white, black, and even blue.
The blue tiger is called the Maltese tiger and is probably a variety of the Bengal tiger. All white ...
Sloth
Sloths are very resistant to infections.
Even serious injuries do not end with an infection, unlike other animals or humans under these clima ...
Spiders
Young spiders are by nature much more aggressive than mature ones. From a developmental point of view, this makes sense.
A spider that eats more food will grow larger as an adult. Therefore, we can hypothesize that the larger the spider we encounter (concerning representatives of its species), the more aggressive it is.
Central bearded dragon
The female lays 11 to 30 eggs in a shallow nest dug in the sand.
The eggs are left unattended and after about 2 - 2.5 months the young hatch. The length of incubatio ...
Gila monster
It will also feed on small organisms, such as hares, mice, squirrels, birds, frogs, lizards, or snakes.
Depending on the size of the prey, it can be crushed first, or eaten alive, starting with the head.
Lemon shark
It is a skilled nocturnal predator, often preying on crustaceans, stingrays, and bony fish.
The amount of food ingested varies, as the lemon shark eats as long as it feels hungry.
Luna moth
Its Latin name is Actias luna, and it’s a member of the Saturniidae family.
Great spotted woodpecker
Woodpeckers build their nests in the hollows of large trees.
They prefer damaged tree trunks as potential homes and treat digging a hole in a healthy tree as a l ...