Animals

Thursday, 27 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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Stingrays
Stingrays are boneless.
Their skeleton is made up of cartilage.
Goblin shark
They are solitary creatures, that behavioral features are yet to be examined.
Research of those fish has to be made in ocean waters as no individual survived in captivity for more than a week.
Blue tang
It is one of the most popular marine aquarium fish.
They have very sensitive skin, however, and are prone to diseases.
Tigers
Tigers venture only in the presence of a related individual.
For females, it’s a mother with a daughter.
Maine coon
The oldest living Maine coon was Corduroy from Oregon, U.S.
He was 26 when named the oldest living cat by the Guinness World Records in 2015. Sadly, a year later, he ran away from home, and after several weeks was presumed dead at 27.
Sperm whale
Sperm whales have fifty large, conical teeth.
They are located in the mandible, and there are vestigial teeth in the jaw, which are covered with g ...
Platypus
The structure of the platypus' eye indicates that over the years of evolution they have been adapted to an aquatic and nocturnal lifestyle.
The structure of the platypus eye resembles that of sea lions and otters.
Viper dogfish
They are bioluminescent.
They possess many photophores on both their bodies and undersides.
Spotted hyena
Spotted hyenas are easy to tame, but difficult to train.
Kept in captivity, where they can live for 15-20 years, and they can be destructive.
Ladybugs
Ladybirds’ main predators are birds.
They also fall prey to dragonflies, frogs, and spiders.