Animals

Thursday, 7 August 2025
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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Adder
Adders do not prey on humans; bites most often occur as a result of the animal’s self-defense.
 A disturbed animal usually hisses and looks for an escape route and, as s last resort, bites.
Viper dogfish
Scientists estimate that the genus Trigonognathus originates in the Middle Eocene, some 41 million years ago.
Hawksbill sea turtle
They are migrating species.
Migration is required for females to lay eggs. They move from feeding sites to nesting grounds every two to five years.
Great grey shrike
Offspring are cared for by parents and other group members called helpers.
Wombat
The wombats include two contemporaneous genera.
Vombatus, whose only representative is the common wombat; Lasiorhinus, containing two species: northern hairy-nosed wombat, also called yaminon, and southern hairy-nosed wombat.
French Bulldog
Dogs are slightly bigger and heavier than bitches.
They grow up to 27–35 centimeters and weigh an average of 9 to 14 kg. Bitches reach 24 to 32 centimeters in length and weigh an average of 8—13 kg.
Arabian oryx
Oryxes inhabit a variety of very dry desert habitats.
Their foraging grounds include rocky deserts and rocky sandy areas, sand dunes, and barren steppes. They are diurnal and usually live in herds of up to a dozen animals.
Otters
They suffer from habitat loss, water pollution, and excessive poaching.
Out of all 13 otter species, five are classified as near threatened, two as vulnerable, five as enda ...
Housefly
The thorax of a housefly is dark gray and covered with darker stripes.
The underside of the body is lighter than the top.
Tawny frogmouth
Famous Australian pest-control birds.
Due to their diet they are considered very effective in reduction of vermin animal population.