Animals

Monday, 3 August 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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Capybaras
The great capybara is the largest rodent living on Earth.
Capybaras belong to the family Caviidae, so they are cousins of, among others, the domestic cavy, mo ...
Hawksbill sea turtle
Its name derives from its curved, hawk-like beaks.
Clownfish
There are 30 species of clownfish. Twenty-nine belong to the Amphiprion genus and one to Premnas.
Aye-aye
Aye-ayes are the largest nocturnal primates in the world.
They begin their activity after sundown and sleep during the day. Awoken, they seem unconscious. The ...
Maine coon
Maine coons are often described in the literature.
The most popular Maine coon is Mrs. Norris from the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling.
Horseshoe crab
They live in the Atlantic Ocean near the coast of North and Central America and near the Asian coasts in the Pacific.
Hummingbirds
Hummingbirds' metabolism requires them to consume twice their body weight in food due to their high daily activity.
Javan leopard
It is one of the leopard subspecies.
There are eight subspecies of leopards in total: African, Indian, Javan, Arabian, Amur, Indochinese, Sri Lankan, and Panthera pardus tulliana (native to Turkey and the Iranian Plateau).
Crested gecko
There are many skin color groups occurring in wilderness, including various shades of yellow, orange, brown, grey or red, that form three color morphs – pattern-less, white-fringed and tiger.
Crested geckos bred in captivity have many color morphs absent in the wild, such as the harlequin.
Blue-Tongued Lizard
They are not poisonous, but color of their tongues may fool a predator.
Bites can cause pain and leave a bruise but are not dangerous to humans.