Animals

Tuesday, 1 July 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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Brown recluse spider
Unlike most spiders, brown recluse spiders have six eyes.
Most spiders have eight eyes.
Quokkas
Rottnest Island owes its name to the population of quokkas.
Willem de Vlamingh, captain of the Dutch fleet, upon arriving on the island in 1696, thought quokkas ...
Snails
Snails can breathe using gills or primitive lungs.
The vast majority of sea snails are equipped with gills, some freshwater snails also breathe with th ...
Guinea pig
Spanish, Dutch and English traders took guinea pigs to Europe, where they quickly became popular as exotic pets among the upper classes and royal families, including Queen Elizabeth I.
The earliest known written record of a guinea pig dates back to 1547. It is a description of an anim ...
Moose
Moose are herbivorous animals.
They forage and can eat many types of plants and fruits. The average adult needs to consume 9,770 kc ...
Black-headed python
Black-headed pythons are nocturnal animals.
Thanks to the warm climate and ability to accumulate energy from their surroundings, they can hunt at night, which helps them avoid potential predators.
Mallard
During the breeding season, the coloration of the male undergoes spectacular changes.
The head takes on an iridescent green color, which is separated from the rest of the brown-steel bod ...
Spinosaurus
First remains of Spinosaurus after 1944 events were rediscovered in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia.
European tree frog
Tree frogs traipse around in a tree.
This distinguishes them from frogs, which croak or retch. The jabber has a different sound, similar to that of a rattle. You can listen to it on the National Forest website.
Stingrays
The average lifespan of a stingray depends on gender.
Males live up to 7 years, females for an average of 15 to 22 years.