Animals

Sunday, 26 April 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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Javan hawk-eagle
Javan hawk-eagles are dark-brown to chestnut in color, with a creamy stripe on their throat and randomly displayed black dots and stripes.
Giant panda
These animals are covered with lush black and white fur.
They have black ears, eye frames, snouts, and paws; the rest of their body is white. The body struct ...
Siberian roe deer
They are herbivores.
Their diet consists of over 600 species of plants.
Adder
Not every adder bite results in an injection of venom.
Venom is injected in about 50 percent of bite cases.
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 ...
Javan leopard
It is nocturnal.
It spends the majority of its time on tree branches, both while hunting and consuming its prey.
Sperm whale
Sperm whales lead a nomadic lifestyle.
In July, they separate the sexes. Males can then be found off the coast of Norway, and females in ar ...
Bird of Paradise
Carl Linnaeus in 1760 named the largest of the birds of paradise Paradisea apoda, meaning "legless bird of paradise."
At the time, no one in Europe had ever seen this marvelous bird alive. Linnaeus possessed only skins ...
Insects
Some insects have adapted to living alone while others form huge communities, often hierarchical.
The most common solitary insects are dragonflies, less commonly beetles. Insects that live in groups include bees, wasps, termites, and ants.
Tigers
Tigers are a symbol of Far East culture.
The most revered are white tigers, considered kings of all animals in China. In Buddhism tigers are a symbol of piety and hospitality, and in Japan one of four good spirits.