Animals

Wednesday, 26 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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Grey heron
During breeding, the color of the gray heron's beak becomes more intense.
It is yellow most of the year and turns orange for a short mating season.
Alpaca
Alpacas do not destroy pastures because they have soft pads on the underside of their hooves.
They also have a nail on the front of their foot that is constantly growing. Under natural conditions, alpacas rub their nails against hard ground.
Corn snake
Corn snakes can withstand without food for up to a week.
They hunt once every few days in the wild and do not have to be fed every day in captivity.
Manatees
They live alone, in small groups, or herds of up to 200 individuals.
They are gentle, slow, and social animals. They establish bonds with each other through touch, verba ...
American robin
American robins are native to North America.
They can be found from Alaska to northern Mexico.
Earthworms
Deprived of food, they can fall into a state of numbness that can last for several months.
The cause of numbness in these animals can also be excessive dryness of the soil or excessive heat.
Malaysian trumpet snail
Malaysian trumpet snails spend most of the day buried under the substrate.
They venture up the substrate once the light goes off.
Hammerhead sharks
Their average lifespan ranges from 20 to 30 years.
Brittle stars
The mouth is located on the underside of a disc.
They are equipped with five toothed jaws and are used for both food intake and excretion. Each jaw is made of skeletal plates and one of them hosts the madreporite.
Glass frogs
They are native to south and central Americas.
Some of them live in Mexico and Panama, some in Venezuela, Andes, Tobago Island and Bolivia. They ca ...