Animals

Saturday, 8 November 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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Sea lamprey
The spawned larvae find cover in the sand and mud, where they stay for three to four years, feeding on detritus and microalgae.
Lamprey's larvae (ammocoete) spend a few years in fresh bodies of water until they undergo metamorphosis.
Black-headed python
Their black-colored heads play an important role in thermoregulation.
As an ectothermic animal, pythons need to bask in the sun to warm their bodies. Black head allows them to absorb sun energy quicker.
Brown recluse spider
They are nocturnal creatures.
Manatees
Manatees live in herds in shallow tropical waters.
They are found in coastal areas of the western Atlantic Ocean, from Florida to northeastern Brazil, ...
Leeches
In water, leeches move in a wavy, meandering motion.
They move in a similar way to the caterpillars, with the help of suction cups - they extend their bo ...
Brown recluse spider
Brown recluse is often mistaken for wolf spider.
As a matter of fact, these two are not difficult to distinguish – brown recluse, apart from the violin-shaped marking, has also its legs uniformly colored.
American flamingo
Parents can easily recognize their chick by its appearance and the sounds it makes.
It is essential because flamingos do not feed the chicks of other birds. The young leave the nest af ...
Pink river dolphin
Botos have two types of teeth.
Front teeth are pointed, while the ones at the back are meant to crush their prey.
Wolf spider
There are about 2400 wolf spider species divided into 124 genera.
Scientific name for the family is Lycosidae.
Blue-Tongued Lizard
The body is covered with scales. Coloration varies among species.
Central blue-tongued lizards are brown to gray with stripes, some, like the Western blue-tongued liz ...