Animals

Thursday, 1 October 2026
19 facts about snails
19 facts about snails
Also called gastropods
Snails are mollusks and are one of the most numerous animal species in the world. In terms of species diversity, they are second only to insects. Even ...

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Blue tang
Males are larger than females.
They typically measure 25-30 centimeters and weigh up to 600 grams.
Great spotted woodpecker
They are quite contrastingly colored - black and white with a red underbelly.
The top of the head, back, wings, tail and rump are black. The underside is white with a characteris ...
Wombat
Wombats usually live in one burrow for their entire lives. Many wombats can live in the same burrow together.
It is caused by throwing out wombats from their burrow by animals or farmers or when a burrow is des ...
Gila monster
It is closely related to four species of beaded lizards–one from Guatemala (Heloderma charlesbogerti), and three from Mexico (Heloderma alvarezi, Heloderma horridum, and Heloderma exasperatum).
Crested gecko
They can also make their colors more vibrant due to camouflage, communication or as a response to humidity, temperature, light, etc.
Brown recluse spider
Female brown recluse needs to mate only once to produce eggs throughout its entire life.
One female can produce roughly around 150 spiderlings per year.
Cane toad
Their strategy while attacked is to stand still, release toxin and wait until predator gets poisoned and die.
Meat ants are invulnerable to toad's poison, so they consume immobilized animals alive.
Brown recluse spider
Brown recluse spider is native to southern and central United States.
Brittle stars
The disk can be round or pentagonal.
Depending on the species, its size may range from 3 mm to 15 cm in diameter.
Crustacean
Crustaceans are arthropods that include lobsters, crabs, crayfish, shrimp, krill, centipedes, and whiskers, among others.
To date, about 67.000 species of these animals have been described.